Definition

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

Etymology

adverb from a compound of G4183 (πολύς) and G5158 (τρόπος);

Word family

• πολύς polýs
• τρόπος trópos

How the KJV renders it

• in divers manners

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.