Lexical Definition

‎πολυτρόπως‎ polytrópōs (pol-oot-rop'-oce) in many ways ^G:ADV
adverb from a compound of ‎πολύς‎ and ‎τρόπος‎

in divers manners.

• in many ways, i.e. variously as to method or form

Abbott-Smith

** πολυτρόπως, adv. (< πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold), [in LXX: IV Mac 3:21 A*;]
in many ways or manners: He 1:1 (Philo).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: πολυτρόπως-τροπος, ον,

(τρέπω) much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epithet of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__II turning many ways: metaphorically, shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, [Refs]; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 fickle, ὅμιλος [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 of diseases, changeful, complicated, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III various, manifold, ξυμφοραί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -πως in many manners, [NT+4th c.BC+]: comparative, -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Heb.1.1}