Greek word · G4179

πολλαπλασίων

pollaplasiōn

many times more

"Many times as much," a multiplied amount. The number is left open.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

πολλαπλασίων, -ον

(πόλυς),

= πολλαπλάσιος,

many times more: Matthew 19:29, Luke 18:30.†

ἑπταπλασίων, -ον,

genitive, -ονος,

[in LXX for שִׁבְעָתַיִם, Psalms 79:12, al. ;]

sevenfold: Luke 18:30 (WH, mg., for πολλαπλ- WH, txt., RV; see WH, Notes, 62).†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Luke 18:30

Range of meaning

"Many times as much," a multiplied amount. The number is left open.

Against the English

KJV "manifold more" is accurate but old-fashioned. "Many times more" (BSB, WEB, ESV) and "many times as much" (NIV, NASB) are equally good. None of them says "a hundredfold," which comes from Mark and Matthew.

Used elsewhere in the period

Used in ordinary Greek prose (for example Polybius) for multiplied amounts. In the New Testament it occurs only here and as a manuscript reading in Matthew 19:29, where Codex Vaticanus has it in place of "hundredfold." Mark 10:30 has ἑκατονταπλασίονα, "a hundred times," and lists houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields, "with persecutions."

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 18:30 πολλαπλασίονα manifold more

    will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

    Here: "Many times over," with no number given. Luke does not use Mark's "hundredfold" or list what is received. The stress falls on how much more is given, not on what kind of goods.

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