Definition

much variegated, i.e. multifarious

Etymology

from G4183 (πολύς) and G4164 (ποικίλος);

Word family

• πολύς polýs
• ποικίλος poikílos

How the KJV renders it

• manifold

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.