What does πολύς · ἔτος mean in the Bible?
πολύς · ἔτος is a Greek phrase meaning "many years".
Greek · G4183, G2094
ἔτη πολλά
Much · a year
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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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ἔτος G2094 a year
Pronunciation étos
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What does ἔτη πολλά (etē polla) mean in the Bible?
πολύς · ἔτος is a Greek phrase meaning "many years".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4183, G2094?
G4183, G2094 is connected to 415 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. many years
Source Gloss
many years
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 415 Case pattern Nominative (159) Number pattern Plural (112)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:25 · Matt 7:13 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 12:15 · Matt 13:2 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 19:2 · Matt 19:30 · Matt 22:14 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:10 · Matt 24:11 83×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:18 · Matt 5:12 · Matt 9:37 · Matt 20:29 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:24 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 5:29 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 7:11 · Luke 9:37 · Luke 10:2 · John 6:2 26×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:52 · Mark 7:4 · Luke 8:30 · John 3:23 · John 21:25 · Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 26:24 · 1 Cor 12:12 · 1 Cor 12:14 · 1 Cor 12:20 · Gal 4:27 · Rev 8:3 · Rev 19:12 14×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 3:7 · Mark 3:8 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 12:48 · Luke 23:27 · Acts 17:4 · Rom 3:2 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 4:41 · Acts 19:32 · Acts 23:13 · Acts 23:21 · Acts 27:12 · Acts 28:23 · 1 Cor 15:6 · Heb 7:23 8×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:25 · Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 11:32 · Luke 12:23 7×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 27:55 · Mark 15:41 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 8:3 · John 14:2 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 6:35 · Acts 8:8 · 2 Cor 7:4 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:8 · Mark 4:1 2×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:20 1×
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