What does πολυποίκιλος (polypoíkilos) mean in the Bible?
πολυποίκιλος (polypoíkilos): Manifold complexity displaying infinite variety and diversity, emphasizing God's wisdom expressed through countless distinct forms.
Greek · G4182
πολυποίκιλος
πολυποίκιλος (polypoíkilos): Manifold complexity displaying infinite variety and diversity, emphasizing God's wisdom expressed through countless distinct forms.
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πολυποίκιλοςG4182
Pronunciationpolypoíkilos
What does πολυποίκιλος (polypoíkilos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G4182?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include manifold (1).
Where does πολυποίκιλος (polypoíkilos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 3:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itmanifold1×Ephesians 3:10
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First aligned rowEphesians 3:10
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Ephesians1
Source forms
πολυποίκιλος1xpolypoikilosEphesians 3:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xEphesians 3:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Manifold complexity displaying infinite variety and diversity, emphasizing God's wisdom expressed through countless distinct forms.
Strong'sG4182
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 3:7-13Source Gloss
manifold
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Manifold complexity displaying infinite variety and diversity, emphasizing God's wisdom expressed through countless distinct forms.
1much variegated, of greatly differing colours (Eur.).
2manifold: Eph.3:10.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 3:10Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
πολυποίκιλοςpolupoikilov
much varied, manifold
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineEph 3:101×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
God's wisdom displayed in many varied forms and expressions
Word Origins
πολυποίκιλος is built from these roots: