most

Greek Adjective

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)

most

Greek Adjective

πλεῖστος, η, ον, superlative of πολύς, most, greatest, largest, in number, size, extent, etc, π. ὅμιλος, λαός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]most in vogue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι, ἡ π. γνώμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖστον σχήσειν, as superlative of πλέον ἔχειν (see. πλείων), [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) with Article, οἱ π. the greatest number, [Refs]; τὸ π. τοῦ βίου the greatest part of, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) Special usages: with relative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι subdue the greatest number that they possibly could, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) adverb usages: πλεῖστον most, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes added to a superlative, π. ἐχθίστη [Refs 5th c.BC+] as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χαίρειν, frequently in letters, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III.b) furthest, π. ἀφεστηκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) with Article, τὸ π. at most, ἡμερῶν τεσσάρων τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνίοτε, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) with Preps: IV.1) διὰ πλείστου furthest off, in point of space or time, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) ἐς πλεῖστον most, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.3) ἐπὶ πλεῖστον over the greatest distance, to the greatest extent, in point of space, time, or extent, ἐπὶ π. χλιδῆς ἀπίκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐπὶ π. or ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.4) κατὰ τὸ π. for the most part, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] IV.5) περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.6) ἐν τοῖς πλεῖσται, see ὁ, ἡ, τό, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

the largest number or very large; very great, most; irregular superlative of g4183 (πολύς)