What does ὀλίγος · πολύς mean in the Bible?
ὀλίγος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "few / many".
Greek · G3641, G4183
ὀλίγα / πολλῶν
Little/few · much
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ὀλίγος G3641 little/few
Pronunciation olígos
Few in number or quantity; often contrasts with πολλοί (many) to emphasize scarcity or insufficiency.
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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 ὀλίγα / πολλῶν (oliga / pollōn) mean in the Bible?
ὀλίγος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "few / many".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3641, G4183?
G3641, G4183 is connected to 41 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. few / many
Source Gloss
few / many
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 41 Case pattern Nominative (11) Number pattern Plural (11)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:14 · Matt 9:37 · Matt 22:14 · Luke 10:2 · Luke 13:23 · Acts 17:12 · 1 Pet 3:20 7×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 12:18 · Acts 19:23 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 7:47 1×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 17:4 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 10:42 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 15:2 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 27:20 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 5:12 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Acts 26:28 · Acts 26:29 · Eph 3:3 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 6:5 1×
Word Origins
ὀλίγα / πολλῶν 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