πλεῖστος pleistos · G4118

most

πλεῖστος, πλείων, see: πολύς.; πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, ; [in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ; ] ; 1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22, ; 2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πλεῖστος, η, ον, ; superlative of πολύς, most, greatest, largest, in number, size, extent, etc., π. ὅμιλος, λαός, []most in vogue, []; τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι, ἡ π. γνώμη, []; πλεῖστον σχήσειν, as superlative of πλέον ἔχειν (see. πλείων), []; 2 with Article, οἱ π. the greatest number, []; τὸ π. τοῦ βίου the greatest part of.., []; II Special usages: with relative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι subdue the greatest number that they possibly could, []; ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι []; …

Where it's used 4 times

Matthew 11:20 · Matthew 21:8 · Mark 4:1 · 1 Corinthians 14:27

Source: TBESG G4118; TFLSJ G4118

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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