Adverb pollakis (often) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

17: 15and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often (pollakis) falls into the fire and often (pollakis) into the water.

Mark

5: 4for he had often (pollakis) been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.
9: 22It has often (pollakis) cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us."

John

18: 2Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often (pollakis) met there with his disciples.

Acts

26: 11By punishing them often (pollakis) in all the synagogues I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was so furiously enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.