ΠΛΕΙΩΝ, πλειων
PLEIŌN, pleiōn
Sounds Like: PLAY-ohn
Translations: more, greater, much, many
From the root: ΠΛΕΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'more' or 'greater' in quantity, number, or degree. It is often used to compare one thing to another, indicating an excess or superiority. It can also simply mean 'much' or 'many' when the comparison is implied or less explicit.
Inflection: Comparative adjective, inflects for gender (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter), number (Singular, Plural), and case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative).
Strong’s number: G4119 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 1:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 2:42
- Book 15 — 7:238, 7:240
- Book 16 — 8:237
- Book 18 — 2:35, 2:45, 6:234, 9:317
- Book 19 — 3:223
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΕΙΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΕΙΟΥΣ — more, greater, a greater, many, very many, most
- ΛΙΟΝΑ — more, many, most, greater, a greater
- ΠΛΕΙΟΝΑ — more, many, a greater number, a greater amount
- ΠΛΕΙΟΝΑΤΩΝ — of more, of greater, of many, of the more, of the greater, of the many
- ΠΛΕΙΟΝΩ — more, greater, a greater, more numerous, a more numerous
- ΠΛΕΙΟΣΙ — (to) more, (to) many, (to) most
- ΠΛΕΙΩΔΕ — more, greater, most, many, and more, but more
- ΠΛΙΕΟΝ — more, greater, a greater, a more, more than, very, much, many, a many, a much
- ΠΛΙΟΝΑΣ — more, greater, a greater, more numerous, a more numerous
- ΠΛΙΟΝΕΣ — more, many, most, a greater number, the majority
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