b. with nouns denoting an action, an emotion, a state, which can be said to have as it were measure, weight, force, intensity, size, continuance, or repetition, much equivalent to great, strong, intense, large: ἀγάπη, Ephesians 2:4; ὀδύνη, 1 Timothy 6:10; θしーたρろーῆνος, κλαυθμός, ὀδυρμός, Matthew 2:18; χαρά (Rec.st χάρις), Philemon 1:7; ἐπιθυμία, 1 Thessalonians 2:17; μακροθυμία, Romans 9:22; ἔλεος, 1 Peter 1:3; γογγυσμός, John 7:12; τρόμος, 1 Corinthians 2:3; πόνος (Rec. ζぜーたῆλος), Colossians 4:13; ἀγών, 1 Thessalonians 2:2; ἄθλησις, Hebrews 10:32; θしーたλらむだῖψις, 2 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; καύχησις, 2 Corinthians 7:4; πεποίθησις, 2 Corinthians 8:22; πληροφορία, 1 Thessalonians 1:5; παρρησία, 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Timothy 3:13; Philemon 1:8; παράκλησις, 2 Corinthians 8:4; συζήτησις (T WH Tr text ζήτησις), Acts 15:7; Acts 28:29 (Rec.); στάσις, Acts 23:10; ἀσιτία, Acts 27:21; βία, Acts 24:7 (Rec.); διακονία, Luke 10:40; σιγή, deep silence, Acts 21:40 (Xenophon, Cyril 7, 1, 25); φαντασία, Acts 25:23; δύναμις καί δόξα, Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27; μισθός, Matthew 5:12; Luke 6:23, 35; εいぷしろんἰρήνη, Acts 24:2 (3); περί οおみくろんὗ πολύς ἡμみゅーῖνにゅー ὁ λόγος, about which (but see λόγος, I. 3 a.) we have much (in readiness) to say, Hebrews 5:11 (πολύν λόγον πぱいοおみくろんιいおたεいぷしろんῖσθαι περί τίνος, Plato, Phaedo, p. 115{d}; cf. Lex. Plato, iii., p. 148).

c. of time, much, long: πολύν χρόνον, John 5:6; μετά χρόνον πολύν, Matthew 25:19; ὥρろーαあるふぁ πολλή, much time (i. e. a large part of the day) is spent (see ὥρろーαあるふぁ, 2), Mark 6:35; ὥρας πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῆς γενομένης (Tdf. γινομένης), of a late hour of the day, ibid. (so πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῆς ὥρας, Polybius 5, 8, 3; ἐπί πολλήν ὥρろーαあるふぁνにゅー, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 4; Ἐμάχοντο ... ἄχかいρろーιいおた πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῆς ὥρας, Dionysius Halicarnassus, 2, 54); πολλοῖς χρόνοις, for a long time, Luke 8:29 (οおみくろんὐ πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῷ χρόνῳ, Herodian, 1, 6, 24 (8 edition, Bekker); χρόνοις πολλοῖς ὕστερον, Plutarch, Thes. 6; (see χρόνος, under the end)); εいぷしろんἰς ἔτたうηいーた πολλά, Luke 12:19; (ἐκかっぱ or) ἀπό πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῶνにゅー ἐτたうῶνにゅー, Acts 24:10; Romans 15:23 (here WH Tr text ἀπό ἱκかっぱαあるふぁνにゅーῶνにゅー ἐτたうῶνにゅー); ἐπί πολύ, (for) a long time, Acts 28:6; μみゅーεいぷしろんτたう' οおみくろんὐ πολύ, not long after (see μετά, II. 2 b.), Acts 27:14.

d. Neuter singular πολύ, much, substantively, equivalent to many things: Luke 12:48; much, adverbially, of the mode and degree of an action: ἠγάπησε, Luke 7:47; πぱいλらむだαあるふぁνにゅーᾶσしぐまθしーたεいぷしろん, Mark 12:27; namely, ὠφελεῖ, Romans 3:2. πολλοῦ as a genitive of price (from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, IV.

b. vol. ii., p. 1013a; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 206 (194))): πぱいρろーαあるふぁθしーたῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた, for much, Matthew 26:9. ἐνにゅー πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῷ, in (administering) much (i. e. many things), Luke 16:10; with great labor, great effort, Acts 26:29 (where L T Tr WH ἐνにゅー μεγάλῳ (see μέγας, 1 a. γがんま.)). with a comparitive (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 35, 1): πολύ σπουδαιότερον, 2 Corinthians 8:22 (in Greek writings from Homer down); πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῷ πλείους, many more, John 4:41; πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῷ (or πολύ) μみゅーᾶλらむだλらむだοおみくろんνにゅー, see μみゅーᾶλらむだλらむだοおみくろんνにゅー, 1 a. following with the article, τό πολύ, German das Viele (opposed to τό ὀλίγον), 2 Corinthians 8:15 (cf. Buttmann, 395 (338); Winer's Grammar, 589 (548)). Plural, πολλά αあるふぁ. many things; as, διδάσκειν, λらむだαあるふぁλらむだεいぷしろんῖνにゅー, Matthew 13:3; Mark 4:2; Mark 6:34; John 8:26; John 14:30; πぱいαあるふぁθしーたεいぷしろんῖνにゅー, Matthew 16:21; Mark 5:26; Mark 9:12; Luke 9:22, etc., and often in Greek writings from Pindar Ol. 13, 90 down; πぱいοおみくろんιいおたεいぷしろんῖνにゅー, Mark 6:20 (T Tr marginal reading WH ἀπόρειν); πぱいρろーᾶξくしーαあるふぁιいおた, Acts 26:9; add as other examples, Matthew 25:21, 23; Mark 12:41; Mark 15:3; John 16:12; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:13; πολλά καί ἀλλά, John 20:30. (On the Greek (and Latin) usage which treats the notion of multitude not as something external to a thing and consisting merely in a comparison of it with other things, but as an attribute inhering in the thing itself, and hence, capable of being co-ordinated with another attributive word by means of καί (which see, I. 3), see Kühner, § 523, 1 (or on Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 24); Bäumlein, Partikeln, p. 146; Krüger, § 69, 32, 3; Lob. Paral., p. 60; Herm. ad Vig., p. 835; Winers Grammar, § 59, 3 at the end; Buttmann, 362f (311). Cf. Passow, under the word, I. 3 a.; Liddell and Scott, under II. 2.) βべーた. adverbially (cf. Winers Grammar, 463 (432); Buttmann, § 128, 2), much: Mark ( T Tr marginal reading (?) WH (see ἀπορέω)); ; Romans 16:6, 12 (L brackets the clause); in many ways, James 3:2; with many words (R. V. much), with verbs of saying; as, κηρύσσειν, παρακαλεῖνにゅー, etc., Mark 1:45; Mark 3:12; Mark 5:10, 23, 43; 1 Corinthians 16:12; many times, often, repeatedly: Matthew 9:14 (R G Tr WH marginal reading) (and often in Greek writings from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, V. 1 a. vol. ii., p. 1013{b}; (Liddell and Scott, III. a.); Stallbaum on Plato, Phaedo, p. 61 c.); with the article πολλά, for the most part (R. V. these many times) (Vulg.plurimum), Romans 15:22 (L Tr marginal reading πολλάκις) (examples from Greek writings are given by Passow, the passage cited (Liddell and Scott, the passage cited), and by Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., p. 281).

Including the forms from the alternate pollos; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely -- abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare pleistos, pleion.

see GREEK pleistos

see GREEK pleion