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<div> [['''A]]  1: πολλάκις ''' (Strong'S #4178  Adverb  pollakis  pol-lak'-is ) </div> <p> akin to polus, "much, many," is variously translated, e.g., "oft-times," &nbsp;Matthew 17:15 [[(Av,]] "oft," 2nd part); "many times," &nbsp; 2 Corinthians 8:22 , [[Rv]] [[(Av,]] "often-times"); "oft," &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:23; "often" (&nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:26 ). </p> <div> [['''A]]  2: πολύς ''' (Strong'S #4183  Adjective  polla  pol-oos' ) </div> <p> the neuter plural of polus, is translated "oft" in &nbsp;Matthew 9:14; some ancient authorities omit it here (see [[Rv]] marg.); in &nbsp;Romans 15:22 , with the article, [[Rv,]] "these many times" [[(Av,]] "much"). </p> <div> [['''A]]  3: ποσάκις ''' (Strong'S #4212  Adverb  posakis  pos-ak'-is ) </div> <p> an interrogative numeral adverb, "how many times, how oft (or often)?" occurs in &nbsp;Matthew 18:21; &nbsp;23:37; &nbsp;Luke 13:34 . </p> <div> [['''A]]  4: ὁσάκις ''' (Strong'S #3740  Adverb  hosakis  hos-ak'-is ) </div> <p> a relative adverb, "as often" (or oft) as, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:25,26; &nbsp;Revelation 11:6 . </p> <div> [['''A]]  5: πυκνός ''' (Strong'S #4437  Adjective  pukna  pook-nos' ) </div> <p> the neuter plural of puknos (see [[B),]] used adverbially, is translated "often" in &nbsp;Luke 5:33 . </p> <div> [['''A]]  6: πυκνός ''' (Strong'S #4437  Adjective  puknoteron  pook-nos' ) </div> <p> the neuter singular of the comparative degree of puknos (cp. No. 5, and see [[B),]] "very often," or "so much the oftener," &nbsp;Acts 24:26 , "the oftener." </p> &nbsp;Luke 8:29&nbsp;Mark 7:3[[Diligently]] <div> [['''B]]  1: πυκνός ''' (Strong'S #4437  Adjective  puknos  pook-nos' ) </div> <p> primarily signifies "close, compact, solid;" hence, "frequent, often," &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:23 . Cp. [[A,]] Nos. 5 and 6. </p>

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