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adverb

polutropōs

Greekπολυτρόπως (polutropōs)

Strong’sG4187

in many ways

stem polutropō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

in many ways

What it means

** πολυτρόπως,

adv.

(< πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold), [in LXX: IV Mac 3:21 A*;]

in many ways or manners: He 1:1 (Philo).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4187 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpol-oot-rop'-oce

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

Fromadverb from a compound of G4183 and G5158;

King Jamesin divers manners.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

polutropōs

Hebrews 1:1“in many ways”Polumerōs kai polutropōs palai tos theos lalaratos toi patēroi en toi profētoiOn many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.