πλεῖστος

G4118 G:A

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, 19 ; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3 , Mrk.5:26 , al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45 , Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE , 317), 1Co.16:12 , Jas.3:2 , al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27 , al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41. Compar., πλείων , neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App. , 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater ; __1. as adj. : Jhn.15:2 , Act.18:2 o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31 , al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11 , al. __2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number : Act.10:32 27:12 , 1Co.10:5 15:6 ; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more : 2Co.2:6 4:15 , Php.1:14 ; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10 , 2Ti.3:9 ; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43 , Luk.21:3 ; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4 . __3. As adv. , πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53. Superl., πλεῖστος , -η, -ον , __(a) prop., most : Mat.11:20 21:8 ; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27; __(b) elative (M, Pr. , 79), very great : ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1. (AS)