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πολυμερῶς

MainId: 004084000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4181

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004084001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: advb.

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'πολυμερῶς', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'πολύς', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'μερίζω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004084001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 63.19

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide

      LEXSubDomains: Part

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-06 15:12:38

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to that which occurs in many parts

         Glosses: ['fragmentary', 'in many parts']

         Comments: It is also possible to interpret πολυμερῶς in {S:05800100100002} as referring to many different occasions, and therefore it may be translated as ‘often’ or ‘many times’ ({D:67.11}). For yet another interpretation of πολυμερῶς in {S:05800100100002}, see {D:89.81}.

      LEXReferences: HEB 1:1

   2. LEXID: 004084001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 67.11

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-06 15:12:38

         DefinitionShort: a number of related points of time

         Glosses: ['often', 'many times']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:πολυμερῶς}[a] ({D:58.29}). Some scholars, however, understand {L:πολυμερῶς} in the sense of ‘fragmentary’ (see {D:63.19}). For yet another interpretation of {L:πολυμερῶς} in {S:05800100100002}, see {D:89.81}.

      LEXReferences: HEB 1:1

   3. LEXID: 004084001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 89.81

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Relations

      LEXSubDomains: Manner

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-01-06 15:12:38

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to a number of different manners in which something may be done

         Glosses: ['in many ways', 'in many different ways']

         Comments: In the case of this meaning of πολυμερῶς, the terms {L:πολυτρόπως} (see {D:89.82}) and πολυμερῶς may be regarded as mutually reinforcing, but for different interpretations of πολυμερῶς in {S:05800100100002}, see {D:63.19} and {D:67.11}.

      LEXReferences: HEB 1:1