#42 · 416× in the NT · adjective

πολύς πολλή πολύ

much, many

πολύς

History

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In the NT

  • ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι

    the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few

    Matt 9:37 · dictionary form

  • πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ

    many believed in his name

    John 2:23 · nom. pl.

  • πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰσερχόμενοι δι’ αὐτῆς

    many are those who enter through it

    Matt 7:13

Morphology

Irregular 1st/3rd-declension adjective (πολλ-)

Masculine nom. sg. πολύς (not πολλός). Neuter πολύ. Plural πολλοί = many people.

Irregular: nom. sg. masc. πολύς (not πολλός), fem. πολλή, neut. πολύ; other forms from πολλ-. πολλοί = many people.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.