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Lexicon :: Strong's G4164 - poikilos

Aa
ποικίλος
Transliteration
poikilos (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-kee'-los
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:484,901

Strong’s Definitions

ποικίλος poikílos, poy-kee'-los; of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. various in character:—divers, manifold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4164 in the following manner: divers (8x), manifold (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4164 in the following manner: divers (8x), manifold (2x).

  1. a various colours, variegated

  2. of various sorts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποικίλος poikílos, poy-kee'-los; of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. various in character:—divers, manifold.
STRONGS G4164:
ποικίλος, ποικίλη, ποικίλον, from Homer down, various, i. e.
a. of divers colors, variegated: the Sept.
b. equivalent to of divers sorts: Matthew 4:24; Mark 1:34; Luke 4:40; 2 Timothy 3:6; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 2:4; Hebrews 13:9; James 1:2; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 4:10 ((A. V. in the last two examples manifold)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24
Mark
1:34
Luke
4:40
2 Timothy
3:6
Titus
3:3
Hebrews
2:4; 13:9
James
1:2
1 Peter
1:6; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4164 matches the Greek ποικίλος (poikilos),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son’s coat or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 -
Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?
A damsel, two damsels to every man;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,
Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:18 - and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8 - I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.
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