Lexical Definition

‎πλείων‎ pleíōn (pli-own) greater G:A--C
comparative of ‎πολύς‎

X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.

Usage: 10 forms in 45 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πλεῖόν any longer Acts.24.4
more Matt.6.25 • Luke.12.23
πλεῖον above Matt.5.20
further Acts.4.17
greater Matt.12.41 • Matt.12.42 • Luke.11.31 • Luke.11.32
longer Acts.20.9
more Matt.20.10 • Mark.12.43 • Luke.7.42 • Luke.9.13 • Luke.21.3
most Luke.7.43
much 2Tim.3.9
to more 2Tim.2.16
πλειόνων majority 2Cor.2.6
many Acts.24.17
many things Luke.11.53
more and more 2Cor.4.15
more than Acts.4.22
πλείοσιν many Acts.2.40
most 1Cor.10.5
πλείονοσ Of greater Heb.3.3
πλείονεσ greater part 1Cor.15.6
majority Acts.27.12
many Acts.28.23
πλείονασ greater number 2Cor.9.2
many Acts.27.20
more Matt.21.36 • John.4.1 • 1Cor.9.19
most Phil.1.14
πλείονα a longer Acts.18.20
a more excellent Heb.11.4
greater Heb.3.3 • Rev.2.19
more John.7.31 • John.15.2
πλείονέσ many Heb.7.23
πλέον further Acts.15.28
more Luke.3.13 • John.21.15

Abbott-Smith

πλέον, v.s. πολύς.

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλείων, πλεῖον,

πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, comparative of πολύς (on the forms see entry near the end), more, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι [πλείων, πλεῖον μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 380 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον᾽ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, [πλείων, πλεῖον καὶ πλείων, πλεῖον ἐπέρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, longer, π. χρόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 with Article, οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; the people, opposed to the chief men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; euphemistic of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην[Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opposed to τοῦ μετρίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II peculiar usages of neuter:
__II.1 as a Noun, more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a greater extent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like{πλεονεκτέω}, with genitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί πλέο; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πλέον as adverb, more, further, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]to surpassing height in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 as adverb, more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔλαττον more or less, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; also τὸ π., Ionic dialect τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π., ={μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ} [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much.., as.., [Refs]
__II.2.b with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+] P., but the rule is not universal,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [Refs]; πλεῖν (πλεῖον codices) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἤ is frequently omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with number in genitive, κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας [Refs]
__II.2.c Comedy texts, πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.d plural πλείω used like{πλέον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.e regular adverb πλειόνως [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B FORMS: Epic dialect use πλείων, πλεῖον or πλέων as metre requires, also nominative and accusative plural πλέες, πλέᾰς, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (so, with ι from ε, Cretan dialect πλίες, πλίας, [Refs]; πλέας also Aeolic dialect, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; dative plural πλεόνεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Doric dialect, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, [Refs]