πλεῖστος, πλείων, 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, Dz 11,21 ὄχλος, Mk 5,24 θερισμός, Mt 9,37 χόρτος, J 6,10 χρόνος, Mt 25,19 γογγυσμός, J 7,12 πόνος, Kol 4,13 δόξα, Mt 24,30 σιγή, Dz 21,40 pl., προφῆται, Mt 13,17 ὄχλοι, Mt 4,25 δαιμόνια, Mk 1,34 δυνάμεις, Mt 7,22, 2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mt 7,22, Mk 2,2, al.; with genitive partit., Mt 3,7, Łk 1,16, al.; before ἐκ, J 7,31, Dz 17,12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mt 24,12, Rz 12,5, 1 Kor 10,17.33 2 Kor 2,17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rz 5,15.19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mt 13,3, Mk 5,26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mk 1,45, Rz 16,6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1 Kor 16,12, Jk 3,2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Łk 12,48 adverbially, Mk 12,27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mt 26,9 with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2 Kor 8,22 πολλῷ πλείους, J 4,41 Compar., πλείων , neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater; 1. as adj.: J 15,2, Dz 18,2o, Hbr 3,3 before παρά, Hbr 11,4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Dz 13,31, al.; with genitive compar., Mt 21,36 with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Dz 4,22; 24,11, al. 2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Dz 10,32; 27,12, 1 Kor 10,5; 15,6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2 Kor 2,6; 4,15, Flp 1,14; πλείονα, Łk 11,53 πλειον, πλέον, Mt 20,10, 2 Tm 3,9; with genitive comp., Mk 12,43, Łk 21,3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mt 12,41 adverbially, Dz 4,17; 20,9; 24,4. 3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Łk 9,13 with genitive comp., Mt 5,20 πλείω: with num., Mt 26,53 Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον , (a) prop., most: Mt 11,20; 21,8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1 Kor 14,27 (b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mk 4,1 (AS)