adverb
pollakis
Strong’sG4178
many times, often
stem pollaki-18 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Many times, often — used of something happening repeatedly or frequently 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
πολλάκις,
adv.(< πολύς),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4178 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpol-lak'-is
many times, i.e. frequently
Frommultiplicative adverb from G4183;
King Jamesoft(-en, -entimes, -times).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πολλάκι, sometimes in Trag. (only Lyric poetry) for the sake of meter, Refs 5th c.BC+; never in Prose: (πολύς): adverb
I of Time, many times, often, Refs 8th c.BC+
II of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε Refs; of Size, μεῖζον π. Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, Refs 5th c.BC+; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ Refs 3rd c.BC+
III in Attic dialect, after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθωRefs 5th c.BC+; also μὴ π. lest perchance, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
18 occurrences, every one of them listed
pollakis18×
Matthew 17:15… huion, hoti selēniazotō kai kakōs paschatō, pollakis gar piptatō eis tem purem kai …… seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into …
Matthew 17:15“often”… gar piptatō eis tem purem kai pollakis eis tem hudem.… He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Mark 5:4dia tem auton pollakis pedai kai halusiai dorē kai diasporē …Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he …
Mark 9:22kai pollakis kai eis purem auton balata kai …“It often throws him into the fire or …
John 18:2… tos paradōarōntos auton ton topon, hoti pollakis sunagita Iēsus ekei meta toiu mathētoiu …… knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Acts 26:11“often”kai kata pantain tain sunagōgain pollakis timōrarōntos autoin anankazame blasfēmarō, perissōs tē …… frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my …
Romans 1:13… thelamō de vin agnoarō, adelfoir, hoti pollakis protithema erchara pros vin, kai kōluima …… you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you …
2 Corinthians 8:22“often”… adelfon nu hon dokimazana en pollei pollakis spoudaion arōnton, nuni de pollem spoudaioteron …… with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by …
2 Corinthians 11:23“often”… perissoterōs, en plēgai huperballontōs, en thanatoi pollakis;… in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
2 Corinthians 11:26hodoiporiai pollakis, kindunoi potamoiu, kindunoi lēstoiu, kindunoi ek …In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger …
2 Corinthians 11:27“many”kopo kai mochtho, en agrupniai pollakis, en limo kai dipse, en nēsteiai …… labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and …
2 Corinthians 11:27… en limo kai dipse, en nēsteiai pollakis, en psuche kai gumnota;… sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Philippians 3:18pollois gar peripatalō hoin pollakis legame vi, nun de kai klaiarōntos …For as I have often told you before, and now say …
2 Timothy 1:16… tos kurios to Onēsiforou oiko, hoti pollakis min anapsuchata, kai tan halusian mu …… household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of …
Hebrews 6:7… tas pinarantas ton epi autau erchorōnton pollakis hueton, kai tiktarōntas botanan euthetan ekeinoi …… land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces …
Hebrews 9:25“many times”oude hina pollakis prosferateiō heauton, hōsper tos archierevos eiserchotō …Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most …
Hebrews 9:26“many times”epei date auton pollakis paschara apo katabolau kosmou; nuni de …Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared …
Hebrews 10:11… kata hēmeran leitourgarōntos kai tain autain pollakis prosferarōntos thusiain, hotinais oudepote dunolō periairara …… stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never …