What does ἕτερος · πολύς mean in the Bible?
ἕτερος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "many others".
Greek · G2087, G4183
ἑτέρους πολλούς
(An-, the) other or different · much
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ἕτερος G2087 (an-, the) other or different
Pronunciation héteros
Denotes the second of a pair, or another of different kind; encroaches on ἄλλος in later Greek.
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πολύς G4183 much
Pronunciation polýs
Quantifies magnitude across all dimensions: number, space, degree, value, time, and importance.
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What does ἑτέρους πολλούς (heterous pollous) mean in the Bible?
ἕτερος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "many others".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2087, G4183?
G2087, G4183 is connected to 97 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. many others
Source Gloss
many others
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 97 Case pattern Nominative (35) Number pattern Singular (49)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:21 · Luke 7:41 · Luke 9:61 · Luke 14:19 · Luke 14:20 · Luke 17:34 · Luke 18:10 · Luke 19:20 · Luke 22:58 · Luke 23:40 · Acts 1:20 · Acts 7:18 · 1 Cor 3:4 · 1 Cor 14:17 · Heb 7:15 15×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 8:6 · Luke 8:7 · Luke 8:8 · Luke 9:29 · Acts 4:12 · Acts 23:6 · 1 Tim 1:10 7×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:14 · Luke 11:16 · Luke 23:32 · Acts 2:13 · Acts 17:34 · Heb 11:36 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 17:35 · John 19:37 · Rom 8:39 · Rom 13:9 · 1 Cor 15:40 6×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 8:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Luke 16:13 · Acts 8:34 · 1 Cor 4:6 · 1 Cor 10:24 · 1 Cor 10:29 6×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 15:35 · 1 Cor 14:21 · 2 Cor 8:8 · Phil 2:4 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:13 · Jude 1:7 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:31 · Luke 16:7 · Acts 13:35 · Rom 7:3 · Rom 7:4 · 1 Cor 12:9 · 1 Cor 12:10 · Heb 5:6 9×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:12 · Acts 20:15 · Acts 27:3 · Jas 2:25 4×
Word Origins
ἑτέρους πολλούς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain