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A. Adverbs.
1.
(
, 3123), the comparative degree of
, “very, very much,” is
used (a) of increase, “more,” with qualifying words, with
, “much,” e.g., Mark
10:48, “the more (a great deal)”; Rom. 5:15, 17, “(much) more”; Phil. 2:12 (ditto); with
, “how much,” e.g., Luke 12:24; Rom. 11:12; with
$
, “by so much,” Heb.
10:25; (b) without a qualifying word, by way of comparison, “the more,” e.g., Luke 5:15,
“so much the more”; John 5:18, “the more”; Acts 5:14 (ditto); Phil. 1:9; 1 Thess. 4:1, 10,
“more and more”; 2 Pet. 1:10,
RV
, “the more” (
KJV
, “the rather”); in Acts 20:35, by a
periphrasis, it is translated “more (blessed)”; in Gal. 4:27, “more (than),” lit., “rather
(than)”; (c) with qualifying words, similarly to (a), e.g., Mark 7:36. See
RATHER
.
2. (
+
, 2089), “yet, as yet, still,” used of degree is translated “more” in Matt.
18:16, “(one or two) more”; Heb. 8:12 and 10:17, “(will I remember no) more”; 10:2,
“(no) more (conscience)”; 11:32, “(what shall I) more (say)?” Rev. 3:12, “(he shall go out
thence no) more”; 7:16, “(no) more” and “any more;” 9:12,
KJV
“more” (
RV
, “hereafter”);
18:21-23, “(no) more” “any more” (5 times); 20:3, “(no) more”; 21:1, 4 (twice); 22:3. See
ALSO
, No. 2.
3.
$
(
'
!
, 3765),
$
, “not,” and No. 2, combined in one word, is translated
“no more,” e.g., in Matt. 19:6; Luke 15:19, 21; Acts 20:25, 38; Eph. 2:19. See
HENCEFORTH
,
HEREAFTER
,
LONGER NOW
,
Note
(2).
4.
(
$
$
, 4054), the neuter of the comparative degree of
, “more abundant,” is used a an adverb, “more,” e.g., Luke 12:4; 2 Cor. 10:8,
KJV
(
RV
, “abundantly”); Heb. 7:15,
RV
, “more abundantly” (
KJV
, “far more”). See
ABUNDANTLY
, C, No. 2.
Note:
For the corresponding adverbs
and
, see
ABUNDANTLY
,
EXCEEDINGLY
.
5.
(
&
, 3187), the neuter of
, “greater,” the comparative degree of
, “great,” is used as an adverb, and translated “the more” in Matt. 20:31. See
GREATER
.
6.
$
(
% !$
, 5228), a preposition, “over, above,” etc., is used as an adverb in 2
Cor. 11:23, “(I) more.”
7.
, neuter of
, “how much,” is used adverbially in Mark 7:36 (1st part),
“the more.”
B. Adjectives (some with adverbial uses).
1.
(
&
, 4119), the comparative degree of
$
, “much,” is used (a) as an
adjective, e.g., John 15:2; Acts 24:11,
RV
, “(not) more (than)” (
KJV
, “yet but”); Heb. 3:3;
(b) as a noun, or with a noun understood, e.g., Matt. 20:10; Mark 12:43; Acts 19:32 and
27:12, “the more part”; 1 Cor. 9:19; (c) as an adverb, Matt. 5:20, “shall exceed,” lit.,
“(shall abound) more (than)”; 26:53; Luke 9:13. See
ABOVE
, No. 3,
Note
,
GREATER
.
2.
(
$
, 4053), “more than sufficient, over and above, abundant” (a
popular substitute for No. 3), is translated “more,” e.g., in Matt. 5:37-47. In John 10:10