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Strong's #4178 - πολλάκις

Transliteration

pollákis

Phonetics

pol-lak'-is

Root Word (Etymology)

multiplicative adverb from (G4183)

Parts of Speech

Adverb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

often, frequently

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 4

NAS (20)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 6

HCS (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 4

BSB (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 4

ESV (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 4

WEB (18)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

John 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 5

Philippians 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 4

KJV (18)

oft 5

often 7

oftentimes 3

ofttimes 3

NAS (20)

after 1

frequent 1

many 1

often 15

time 2

HCS (18)

He often 1

I have often 1

I often 2

On frequent 1

We have often 1

he often 1

many 1

many times 4

often 4

that has often 1

time 1

BSB (18)

* 6

[and] often 2

again and again 2

frequent 1

many times 1

often 2

repeatedly 1

{had} often 1

{was} often 1

ESV (18)

frequent 1

many 1

often 13

repeatedly 3

WEB (18)

I often 1

Often 1

he often 1

many times 1

often 14

RAH

D 3

ANT

ADV 18

BEZ

ADV 18

BGB

Adv 18

BMT

ADV 18

BYZ

ADV 18

ELZ

ADV 18

NA26

ADV 18

SBL

D 18

SCV

ADV 18

STV

ADV 18

TIS

ADV 18

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πολλάκις [ᾰ ],

Ep. and Lyr. πολλάκι, sts. in Trag. (only lyr.) metri gr., A. Th. 227, Supp. 131, S. Ph. 1456 (anap.); never in Prose: ( πολύς ):

Adv.

I of Time, many times, often, Il. 1.396, etc.; π. καὶ οὐκὶ ἅπαξ Hdt. 7.46; π. τοῦ μηνός X. Cyr. 1.2.9; π. ἀγωνοθέτης Ephes. 3p.152No. 70.

II of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, Pl. Lg. 810d, Tht. 175a; of Quantity, [ τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε Id. R. 330b; of Size, μεῖζον π. Plu. 2.944a .

2. τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, Pi. O. 1.32; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ Theoc. 2.88; χαίρετε π Μοῖσαι Id. 1.144 .

III in Att., after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. Ar. Ec. 791; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθω ib. 1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα π. νυμφόληπτος γένωμαι Pl. Phdr. 238d, cf. Phd. 60e, D. 32.3; also μὴ π. lest perchance, Hp. VC 14, Th. 2.13, Pl. Prt. 361c, al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πολλάκις (from πολύς, πολλά), adverb (fr. Homer down), often, frequently: Matthew 17:15; Mark 5:4; Mark 9:22; John 18:2; Acts 26:11; Romans 1:13; Romans 15:22 L Tr marginal reading; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 2 Corinthians 11:23, 26; Philippians 3:18; 2 Timothy 1:16; Hebrews 6:7; Hebrews 9:25; Hebrews 10:11.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πολλάκις ,

adv.

(< πολύς ),

often: Matthew 17:15, al.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

πολλακις πολλάκις pollakis pollákis