Quick Definition
πολυτρόπως Adv in many ways
Strong's Definition
in many ways, i.e. variously as to method or form
Derivation: adverb from a compound of G4183 (πολύς) and G5158 (τρόπος);
KJV Usage: in divers manners
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πολυτρόπως, (fr. πολύτροπος. in use in various senses fr. Hom. down), adv., in many manners: Heb. i. 1 [(Philo de incor. mund. § 24)]; see πολυμερῶς.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πολυτρόπως polytropōs 1x
in many ways, in various modes, Heb. 1:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πολυτρόπως, adv.
(< πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold), [in LXX: IV Mac 3:21 A*;]
in many ways or manners: He 1:1 (Philo).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πολυτρόπως. See s.v. πολυμερῶς. For the adj. πολύτροπος cf. P Flor I. 33'© (iv/a.p.). In MGr πολύτροπος has a good sense, “adroit.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πολυτρόπως (polutropōs) — in many ways. Included with: πολύ-τροπος, ον, (τρέπω) much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epithet of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. turning many ways: metaphorically, shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, [Refs]; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. fickle, ὅμιλος [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. of diseases, changeful, complicated, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. various, manifold, ξυμφοραί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -πως in many manners, [NT+4th c.BC+]: comparative, -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+]