ποικίλος poikilos

Greek word for “various” · Strong’s G4164 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ποικίλος, -η, -ον; many-coloured, variegated. Metaphorical, various, manifold:, 13:9, 4:10.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for poikilos in context, with how often each is used:

• various 9
• manifold 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 4 (1), Mark 1 (1), Luke 4 (1), 2 Timothy 3 (1), Titus 3 (1), Hebrews 2 (1), Hebrews 13 (1), James 1 (1), 1 Peter 1 (1), 1 Peter 4 (1)

Forms

• ποικίλαις 7
• ποικίλοις 2
• ποικίλης 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with poikilos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νόσος nosos “illness” 3
• θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 3
• κακῶς kakōs “badly” 2
• πειρασμός peirasmos “temptation/testing” 2
• ἐπιθυμία epithumia “desire” 2
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 2
• ἕκαστος hekastos “each” 2
• καλός kalos “good” 2
• χάρις charis “grace” 2

Key verses

The verses using poikilos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were…
• Mark 1:34 — And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
• Luke 4:40 — Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed…
• 2 Timothy 3:6 — For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
• Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one…
• Hebrews 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
• Hebrews 13:9 — Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not…
• James 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• 1 Peter 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1 Peter 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.