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πολυτρόπως

polytrópōs · G4187 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. in many ways

    Pertaining to that which occurs in many kinds of ways

    Examples

    Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

  2. in many ways

    Pertaining to occurring in many ways or manners

    Examples

    Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
In many ways58.29
The adverb describes variety in manner or method. Hebrews opens by describing God's past manner of revelation: “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways” (Hebrews 1:1).
In many ways89.82
The same adverb, classified among markers of manner more generally, describes the diverse forms God's revelation took. Hebrews' opening again applies: “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways” (Hebrews 1:1).
Word family 13 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πολύς polýs · G4183 · many, a great deal of, a great number of · 354×πολλάκις pollákis · G4178 · often, many times · 18×ἐμπίπλημι empíplēmi · G1705 · to be satisfied, to have one’s fill, to enjoy · 5×πλεῖστος pleîstos · G4118 · the largest number or very large · 4×πολυτελής polytelḗs · G4185 · valuable, expensive · 3×πολύτιμος polýtimos · G4186 · valuable, expensive · 3×πολλαπλασίων pollaplasíōn · G4179 · many times as much, many times greater than · 2×πολυλογία polylogía · G4180 · many words, long speaking · 1×πολυμερῶς polymerōs · G4181 · fragmentary, in many parts, often · 1×πολυποίκιλος polypoíkilos · G4182 · many and diverse, manifold, many-sided · 1×πολύσπλαγχνος polýsplanchnos · G4184 · very compassionate, with much affection · 1×πολυτρόπωςpolytrópōs · G4187πάμπολυς pámpolys · G3827 · full many, i.e. immense · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (from πολυτρόπος, in use in various senses from Homer down), adverb, in many manners: Heb…
(from πολυτρόπος, in use in various senses from Homer down), adverb, in many manners: Heb 1:1 ((Philo de incor. mund. § 24)); see πολυμερῶς.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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