πλέον

pleon

greater

comparative of πολύς; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion:--X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.

G4119

Acts 15:28 · Word #10

Lexicon G4119

Lemmaπλείων
Transliterationpleíōn
Strong'sG4119
In-contextgreater
Literalmore-greater

Morphology ADJ.A ACC N SG COMP All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.A — Attributive Adjective — Describes a noun directly
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number SG — Singular — One
Degree COMP — Comparative — Compares two things

Lexical Info

Lemmaπλείων
Strong'sG4119

SIBI-P1 G4119-09

the greater (thing)

Morphological NotesAdjective, accusative neuter singular, comparative degree (from πολύς). Other attested forms in this set include the comparative adverb (“more, to a greater degree”) and present active participle forms from the distinct verb πλέω (“sailing”), but the primary lexeme here is the comparative adjective πλείων.
Rendering Rationaleπλείων is the comparative form of πολύς (“much/many”), expressing increase in quantity, number, or quality. The form Gr,AA,,,,ANSC indicates accusative, neuter, singular, comparative—thus “the greater (thing)” as a direct object preserves both the comparative force and the neuter singular grammatical features.

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Words from Root πλείων (more, greater, larger, exceeding, additional)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4119-01 pleion a greater‑more thing
G41175-02 pleion a greater thing / something more
G4119-02 pleiona more (ones/things; comparative, accusative)

Word Usage (47 occurrences of G4119)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 5:20 πλεῖον pleion
Matthew 6:25 πλεῖόν pleion
Matthew 12:41 πλεῖον pleion
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