πλείωνpleíōn
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
Greek (New Testament) · G4119
Meanings
neut. πλεῖον [eighteen times] and (in Lk. iii. 13; [Jn. xxi. 15 L T Tr WH]; Acts xv. 28) πλέον [(cf. [WH. App. p. 151]; Matthiae i. p. 333; Krüger § 23, 7, 4; Kühner § 156, 3; Passow s. v. πολύς, B. 1; [L. and S. s. v. B.])], plur. πλείονες and contr. πλείους, acc. πλείονας and contr. πλείους (which forms are used indiscriminately in the N. T.), neut. πλείονα and (L T Tr WH in Mt. xxvi. 53; L T in Lk. xxi. 3) contr. πλείω; (compar. of πολύς); more, i. e. 1. greater in quantity: the object with which the comparison is made being added in the genitive, as πλείονας τῶν πρώτων, more in number than the first, Mt. xxi. 36; πλεῖον (or πλείω) πάντων, more than all, Mk. xii. 43; Lk. xxi. 3; πλείονα... τούτων, more than these, Jn. vii. 31 [here L T Tr WH om. the gen. (see below)]; πλείονα τῶν πρώτων, more than the first, Rev. ii. 19; πλείων τούτων, more than these, Jn. xxi. 15; [πλείονα τιμὴν ἔχειν τοῦ οἴκου, Heb. iii. 3ᵇ (cf. W. 190 (178), 240 (225))]; περισσεύειν πλεῖον, more than, foll. by a gen. [A. V. exceed], Mt. v. 20. 2. πλείονες (πλείους) ἤ, more than, Mk. xv. 14 R G L Tr mrg. [in Jn. iv. 1 Tr mrg. om. πλείω (br. ἤ)]; Jn. iv. 1; more than, Lk. ix. 13; πλέον πλήν τινος, more than, Acts xv. 28; πλέον παρὰ [τι or τινα (see παρά, III. 2 b.)], Lk. iii. 13; [Heb. iii. 3ᵃ]; ἤ is omitted before numerals without change of construction: ἐτῶν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Acts iv. 22; οὐ πλείους εἰσίν μοι ἡμέραι δεκαδύο, Acts xxiv. 11 (here Rec. …
Same root
- πολύςpolýs · G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
- πλήνplḗn · G4133moreover (besides), i.e. albeit, save that, rather, yet
- πλεονέκτηςpleonéktēs · G4123holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)
- πλεονάζωpleonázō · G4121to do, make or be more, i.e. increase (transitively or intransitively); by extension, to superabound
- διπλοῦςdiploûs · G1362two-fold
Where it appears
Appears 45 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
- Matthew 6:25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
- Matthew 12:41 “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
- Matthew 12:42 The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.
- Matthew 20:10 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage.
- Matthew 21:36 So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.
See every passage
- Matthew 5:20, 6:25, 12:41, 12:42, 20:10, 21:36
- Mark 12:43
- Luke 3:13, 7:42, 7:43, 9:13, 11:31, 11:32, 11:53, 12:23, 21:3
- John 4:1, 7:31, 15:2, 21:15
- Acts 2:40, 4:17, 4:22, 15:28, 18:20, 20:9, 24:4, 24:17, 27:12, 27:20, 28:23
- 1 Corinthians 9:19, 10:5, 15:6
- 2 Corinthians 2:6, 4:15, 9:2
- Philippians 1:14
- 2 Timothy 2:16, 3:9
- Hebrews 3:3, 7:23, 11:4
- Revelation 2:19
Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.