G4119 πλείων
Strong's Greek Concordance · 55 KJV occurrences
πλείων
pleíōn
Definition
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
KJV Renderings
X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but
Derivation / Etymology
comparative of G4183 (πολύς);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 55)
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Luke 11:32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- Acts 18:20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
- Acts 24:11Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.