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Strong's #4119 - πλείων
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- greater in quantity
- the more part, very many
- greater in quality, superior, more excellent
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πλείων, πλέων, ὁ, ἡ,
neut. πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, Comp. of πολύς (on the forms v. sub fin.), more, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι Il. 13.739; πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη Hes. Op. 380; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, Th. 2.37; πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than . ., Pi. N. 7.21; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, S. Tr. 731; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει X. Cyr. 7.5.39; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν . . ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, Th. 8.39; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, Pl. Ti. 75c; μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός Id. R. 435d, etc.; of Time, longer, π. χρόνος Hdt. 9.111, S. Ant. 74; πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων Il. 10.252 .
2. with Art., οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd, 5.673, Od. 2.277; οἱ πλεῦνες Hdt. 1.106, etc.: c. gen., τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν ib. 1; the people, opp. the chief men, Id. 7.149, Th. 8.73, 89, etc.; euphem. of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων Ar. Ec. 1073; εὖτ' ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων AP 11.42 ( Crin. ); ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην ib. 7.731 ( Leon. ); τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of . ., Il. 1.165; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opp. τοῦ μετρίου, S. OC 1211 (lyr.); τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται Th. 4.17, cf. 92 .
II pecul. usages of neut.: 1 as a Noun, more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου Hdt. 2.19, etc.; εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον Id. 1.89; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, E. Supp. 158 (Musgr. for τί δὲ . . ); to a greater extent, Th. 1.90, 7.57, etc.; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; S. OT 1189 (lyr.); τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Th. 1.118, etc.; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, PCair.Zen. 661 (iii B.C.); ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, prob. in PPetr. 2p.42 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 742.26 (iii B. C.); πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like cross πλεονεκτέω, c. gen., Hdt. 9.70, Pl. R. 343d, 349b, etc.; τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν X. Cyr. 1.3.18: more fully, μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν Thgn. 606; π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι Hdt. 8.29; π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων And. 4.4, etc.; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον Pl. Revelation 19:1-21 a; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, And. 1.149, 4.7, cf. Pl. Phd. 115c, etc.; παραινοῦσ' οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ S. OT 918; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις Ath. 8.344b; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. E. Hipp. 284; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι Id. IA 1373, And. 4.20, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, Pl. Tht. 161b; τί πλέον; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? Antipho 5.95, etc.; τί π. πλουτεῖν . . πάντων ἀποροῦντας; Ar. Pl. 531; τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ' ἄν; E. Hel. 322; τί π. ἔστ' εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; Supp.Epigr. 1.567.1 (Karanis, iii B.C. ), cf. AP 7.261.1 ( Diotim. ); also οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν Lys. 19.4 (= And. 1.7 ), cf. D. 35.31; ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε Isoc. 15.28; οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται Pl. R. 341a; τί τὸ π.; Epigr.Gr. 306 a. 3; ἐπὶ πλέον as Adv., more, further, Hdt. 2.171, 5.51, Th. 6.54, Pl. Phdr. 261b, etc.: c. gen., beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας Th. 1.9 (but, ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας to surpassing height in . ., Theoc. 1.20 ); also ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος S. OC 1219 codd. (lyr.); περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, v. cross περί A. IV.
2. as Adv., more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief . ., Hdt. 8.100; οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; A. Pr. 41; σέ . . τῶνδ' ἐς πλέον σέβω S. OT 700; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον D. 18.125; π. ἔλαττον more or less, BGU 402.9 (vi A. D.), IG 14.177 ( Syracuse ); also τὸ π., Ion. τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, Th. 1.81, etc.; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, Hdt. 3.52; τὸ π., = cross μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ Th. 1.9, cf. 2.37; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much . ., as . ., Id. 1.83 . with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας X. Cyr. 2.1.6; οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων Is. 10.23; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι v.l. in D. 24.141 (fort. πλεῖν, v. infr.); π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ X. Oec. 21.3: — in this sense a short form πλεῖν is used by Att. writers (cf. Moer. p.294 P., but the rule is not universal, cf. IG 22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.), πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ' ἡμέρας Ar. Ach. 858; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (sc. δραχμάς ) Id. Eq. 444; στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια Id. Av. 6, cf. Nu. 1041, 1065, al.; πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν Id. Lys. 589; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος Id. Ra. 18, cf. 91; πλεῖν ( πλεῖον codd.) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα D. 21.173; πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν Eub. 119.10; ἤ is freq. omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας Ar. Av. 1251; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα v.l. in Pl. Revelation 17:1-18 d; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, Id. Lg. 932c; τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω X. HG 2.2.16; λίθους . . ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον Id. Eq.Mag. 1.16: with number in gen., κώμας . . οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας Id. An. 3.2.34, cf. 7.3.12 . Com., πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, Ar. Ra. 103, 751 . pl. πλείω used like cross πλέον, Th. 1.3, Pl. R. 417b, D. 23.213, etc.; τὰ π. Th. 1.81; πλέω A. Ag. 868 codd. regul. Adv. πλειόνως Aen.Tact. 7.4, J. AJ 17.1.1 . FORMS: Ep. use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. πλέες, πλέᾰς, Il. 2.129, 11.395, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.85 (so, with ι from ε, Cret. πλίες, πλίας, Leg.Gort. 7.18,24, GDI 5125 B 8, also πλίαδ ( δὲ ) Leg.Gort. 7.29, πλίανς ib.5.54; πλέας also Aeol., IG 12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C. )); dat. pl. πλεόνεσσι Il. 13.739 ( πλεόνεσιν is f.l. in Hdt. 7.224 ); Cret. also acc. sg. neut. πλίον Leg.Gort. 1.37, al., gen. πλίονος ib.2.39, al., neut. pl. πλίονα ib.4.51, πλία ib.10.17; Aeol. πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Dor., IPE 12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D. ); Att. Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, IG 12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but -ε- and -ει- before -ο-, ib.12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always πλέον ).
πλείων, πλείονος, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον (eighteen times) and (in Luke 3:13; (John 21:15 L T Tr WH); Acts 15:28) πλέον (cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 151); Matthiae, i., p. 333; Krüger, § 23, 7, 4; Kühner, § 156, 3; Passow, under the word πολύς, B. 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B.)), plural πλείονες and contracted πλείους, accusative πλείονας and contracted πλείους (which forms are used indiscriminately in the N. T.), neuter πλείονα and (L T Tr WH in Matthew 26:53; L T in Luke 21:3) contracted πλείω; (comparitive 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, Matthew 21:36; πλεῖον (or πλείω) πάντων, more than all, Mark 12:43; Luke 21:3; πλείονα ... τούτων, more than these, John 7:31 (here L T Tr WH omit the genitive (see below)); πλείονα τῶν πρώτων, more than the first, Revelation 2:19; πλεῖον τούτων, more than these, John 21:15; (πλείονα τιμήν ἔχειν τοῦ οἴκου, Hebrews 3:3b (cf. Winer's Grammar, 190 (178), 240 (225))); περισσεύειν πλεῖον, more than, followed by a genitive (A. V. exceed), Matthew 5:20. πλείονες (πλείους) ἤ, Matthew 26:53 R G (L πλείω (br. ἤ)); John 4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ἤ). πλεῖον ἤ, more than, Luke 9:13; πλέον πλήν with a genitive Acts 15:28; πλέον παρά (τί or τινα (see παρά, III. 2 b.)), Luke 3:13; (Hebrews 3:3a); ἤ is omitted before numerals without change of construction: ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Acts 4:22; οὐ πλείους εἰσιν μοι ἡμέραι δεκαδύο, Acts 24:11 (here Rec. inserts ἤ); ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτώ ἤ δέκα (Rec. πλείους ἤ δέκα), Acts 25:6; add, Acts 23:13, 21; as in Greek writings after a neuter: πλείω (Lachmann ἤ in brackets) δώδεκα λεγεῶνας, Matthew 26:53 (T Tr WH (but T λεγιωνων)) (πλεῖν — Attic for πλεῖον — ἑξακοσίους, Aristophanes av. 1251; ἔτη γεγονώς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα, Plato, Apology Socrates, p. 17 d.; see ἤ, 3 a.; on the omission ofquam in Latin afterplus andamplius, cf. Ramshorn, Latin Gram., p. 491; (Roby, Latin Gram. § 1273)). the objects with which the comparison is made are not added because easily supplied from the context: John 4:41; (John 7:31 (see above));
2. greater in quality, superior, more excellent: followed by the genitive of comparison, Matthew 6:25; Matthew 12:41, 42; Mark 12:33 (here T WH Tr text περισσότερον); Luke 11:31, 32; Luke 12:23; (πλείονα θυσίαν ... παρά Κάϊν, Hebrews 11:4 (see παρά, as above). From Homer down.)
STRONGS NT 4119: πλέον πλέον, see πλείων.
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For πότε ";at what time?"; ";when?"; in indirect interrogative clauses, as in Matthew 24:3 al., see PSI V. 526.9 (iii/B.C.) διασαφήσας ἡμῖν πότε σοι ἔσται εὔκαιρον ἀποστεῖλαι, ib. VI. 659.9 (iii/B.C.) ἠρώτα με πότε διαγρά [ψω. Cf. Syll 385 (= .3 832).9 (A.D. 118) ἐκ πότε φέρειν αὐτὸ ἤρξασ [θε.
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