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ἕτεραι πολλαί

Much · (an-, the) other or different

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πολύς G4183 much
Pronunciation polýs
Quantifies magnitude across all dimensions: number, space, degree, value, time, and importance.
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ἕτερος G2087 (an-, the) other or different
Pronunciation héteros
Denotes the second of a pair, or another of different kind; encroaches on ἄλλος in later Greek.
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What does ἕτεραι πολλαί (heterai pollai) mean in the Bible?

πολύς · ἕτερος is a Greek word meaning "many others".

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Meaning

many others
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:25 · Matt 7:13 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 12:15 · Matt 13:2 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 19:2 · Matt 19:30 · Matt 22:14 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:10 · Matt 24:11 83×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:18 · Matt 5:12 · Matt 9:37 · Matt 20:29 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:24 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 5:29 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 7:11 · Luke 9:37 · Luke 10:2 · John 6:2 26×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:52 · Mark 7:4 · Luke 8:30 · John 3:23 · John 21:25 · Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 26:24 · 1 Cor 12:12 · 1 Cor 12:14 · 1 Cor 12:20 · Gal 4:27 · Rev 8:3 · Rev 19:12 14×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 3:7 · Mark 3:8 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 12:48 · Luke 23:27 · Acts 17:4 · Rom 3:2 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 4:41 · Acts 19:32 · Acts 23:13 · Acts 23:21 · Acts 27:12 · Acts 28:23 · 1 Cor 15:6 · Heb 7:23 8×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:25 · Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 11:32 · Luke 12:23 7×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 27:55 · Mark 15:41 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 8:3 · John 14:2 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 6:35 · Acts 8:8 · 2 Cor 7:4 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:8 · Mark 4:1 2×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:20 1×
415 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Galatians 1 — No Other Gospel: Paul’s Apostolic Authority and Gospel Defense John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 25 — Readiness, Stewardship, and the Final Judgment of the Son of Man Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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