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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4118. πλεῖστος (pleistos) -- Most, greatest, very many</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4118.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/13-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4118.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4118</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4117.htm" title="4117">◄</a> 4118. pleistos <a href="../greek/4119.htm" title="4119">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">pleistos: Most, greatest, very many</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πλεῖστος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>pleistos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>PLAY-stos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(plice'-tos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Most, greatest, very many<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>the greatest, the most, very great.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word "polus" (πολύς), meaning "many" or "much."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for the Greek superlative "pleistos," similar concepts of abundance or greatness can be found in Hebrew words like "רַב" (rab, Strong's H7227) meaning "many" or "great."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "pleistos" is a superlative form used to denote the highest degree of quantity or number. It is often translated as "most" or "greatest" in English. In the New Testament, it is used to emphasize the abundance or preeminence of something, often in a comparative context.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, superlatives like "pleistos" were used to express the utmost degree of a quality or quantity. This linguistic feature was common in both everyday language and literary texts, serving to highlight the superiority or abundance of a subject. In the context of the New Testament, such terms were employed to convey theological truths about the greatness of God's works, the abundance of His grace, or the multitude of people involved in an event.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4118</b> <i>pleístos</i> – the superlative ("<i>-est</i>") form of <a href="/greek/4183.htm">4183</a> <i>/polýs</i> ("great in <i>number</i>") – literally, "<i>greatest</i> in <i>quantity</i>" (number). <a href="/greek/4118.htm">4118</a> <i>/pleístos</i> ("<i>very</i> many," "<i>very</i> much") means <i>very numerous </i>(<i>great in number</i>).</p><p class="discovery"><i>Example</i>: Mt 11:20: "<i>very many</i> (<a href="/greek/4118.htm">4118</a> <i>/pleístos</i>) powerful acts" – "Literally, 'His <i>very many</i> mighty works' – if <i>elative, as it is usually in the papyri</i> (Moulton, <i>Prolegomena</i>, 79; Robertson, <i>Grammar</i>, 670)" (<i>WP</i>, 1, 90).</p><p class="discovery">[The Greek <i>superlative</i> is used here meaning "<i>very many</i> mighty works" (<i>R</i>, <i>WP</i>).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>superl. of <a href="/greek/4183.htm">polus</a>, q.v.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4118: πλεῖστος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πλεῖστος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πλείστῃ</span>, <span class="greek2">πλεῖστον</span> (superlative of <span class="greek2">πολύς</span>), <span class="accented">most</span>: plural <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20</a>; (<span class="greek2">ὄχλος</span> <span class="greek2">πλεῖστος</span>, a very great multitude, <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-1.htm">Mark 4:1</a> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>); <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">πλεῖστος</span> <span class="greek2">ὄχλος</span>, the most part of the multitude, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-8.htm">Matthew 21:8</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 7, 78; <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, rep. 3, p. 397{d}; <span class="greek2">λαός</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 16, 377); <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">πλεῖστον</span>, adverbially, <span class="accented">at the most,</span> <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-27.htm">1 Corinthians 14:27</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>most, very great, much. <p>Irregular superlative of <a href="/greek/4183.htm">polus</a>; the largest number or very large -- very great, most. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4183.htm">polus</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πλεισται πλεῖσται πλειστον πλεῖστον πλειστος πλεῖστος pleistai pleîstai pleiston pleîston pleistos pleîstos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/11-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 11:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural">Adj-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐγένοντο αἱ <b>πλεῖσται</b> δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wherein <span class="itali">most</span> of his<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> had taken place the <span class="itali">most</span> miracles of him<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 21:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ δὲ <b>πλεῖστος</b> ὄχλος ἔστρωσαν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And <span class="itali">a very great</span> multitude spread<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover <span class="itali">most of</span> [the] crowd spread<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὸν ὄχλος <b>πλεῖστος</b> ὥστε αὐτὸν</span><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> him a crowd <span class="itali">great</span> so that him<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἢ τὸ <b>πλεῖστον</b> τρεῖς καὶ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> two, or <span class="itali">at the most</span> [by] three, and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> or the <span class="itali">most</span> three and<p><b><a href="/greek/4118.htm">Strong's Greek 4118</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4118.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pleistai_4118.htm">πλεῖσται — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pleiston_4118.htm">πλεῖστον — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pleistos_4118.htm">πλεῖστος — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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