Definition

more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion

Etymology

comparative of G4183 (πολύς);

Where the KJV renders it

• X above
• + exceed
• more excellent
• further
• (very) great(-er)
• long(-er)
• (very) many
• greater (more) part
• + yet but

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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