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πλείων, πλεῖονStrong’s G4119

pleiōn, pleion

Appears in 44 verses of the New Testament

In short

Pleiōn, pleion is the Greek word usually translated “more”, “greater” and “many”. It appears in 44 verses of the New Testament.

“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:20 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “more”, “greater” and “many”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • more 14
  • greater 6
  • many 5
  • most 3
  • further 2
  • majority 2
  • above 1
  • many things 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 11
  • Luke 9
  • Matthew 6
  • John 4
  • 1 Corinthians 3
  • 2 Corinthians 3

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 44 verses, by book
Mark 1
12:43
1 Corinthians 3
9:1910:515:6
2 Corinthians 3
2:64:159:2
Philippians 1
1:14
2 Timothy 2
2:163:9
Hebrews 3
3:37:2311:4
Revelation 1
2:19
Greek dictionary

πλείων, πλεῖον pleiōn, pleion · greater

πλέον, see: πολύς. πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, [in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ;] 1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22, …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “more” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MORE, adjective

[Latin magis; mare for mager; but this is conjecture.]

  1. Greater in quality, degree or amount; in a general sense; as more land; more water; more courage; more virtue; more power or wisdom; more love; more praise; more light.
  2. Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; as more men; more virtues; more years.“The children of Israel are more than we” Exodus 1:9
  3. Greater.“The more part knew not why they had come together” Acts 19:32
  4. Added to some former number; additional.
All definitions and other forms of “more”

    MORE, adverb

    To a greater degree.

    1. “Israel loved Joseph more than all his children” Genesis 37:3
    2. It is used with the.“They hated him yet the more” Genesis 37:5
    3. It is used to modify an adjective and form the comparative degree, having the same force and effect as the termination er, in monosyllables; as more wise; more illustrious; more contemptible; more durable.
    4. A second or another time; again.“The dove returned not to him again any more” Genesis 8:12“Amon trespassed more and more” 2 Chronicles 33:23“They gathered some more some less. 6” Exodus 16:17“They were more who died by hail-stones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword” Joshua 10:11“God do so to thee and more also” 1 Samuel 3:17“There were more than forty who had made this conspiracy” Acts 23:13
    5. Greater thing; other thing; something further.

    MORE, verb transitive

    To make more

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.