What does πολυτρόπως (polytrópōs) mean in the Bible?
πολυτρόπως (polytrópōs) is a Greek word meaning "in many ways".
Greek · G4187
πολυτρόπως
In many ways
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πολυτρόπως G4187
Pronunciation polytrópōs
What does πολυτρόπως (polytrópōs) mean in the Bible?
πολυτρόπως (polytrópōs) is a Greek word meaning "in many ways".
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How does the BSB render G4187?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include in many different ways (1).
Where does πολυτρόπως (polytrópōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 1:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 It in many different ways 1× Hebrews 1:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 1:1
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
πολυτρόπως 1x polytropōs Hebrews 1:1
Parsing patterns
Adverb 1x Hebrews 1:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. in many ways
Strong's G4187
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
in many ways
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
adv. (πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold ), [in LXX: 4Ma.3:21 A * ;] in many ways or manners: Heb.1:1 (Philo).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 1:1 Adverb
πολυτρόπως polutropwv
in many ways
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Heb 1:1 1×
Word Origins
πολυτρόπως is built from these roots:
+ τρόπος G5158
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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