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μέγας

megasgreatHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective243 occurrences19 books231 verses

Definition

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα,

[in LXX chiefly for גָּדוֹל, also for מַרְבֶּה ,רַב (incl. μείζων), רֹב (μέγιστος) ;]

great;

1. of external form, bodily size, measure, extent: λίθος, Matthew 2:60; δράκων, Revelation 12:3; ἰχθῦς, John 21:11; πόλις, Revelation 11:8; μάχαιρα, Revelation 6:4, al.

2. Of intensity and degree: δύναμις, Acts 4:33; φόβος, Mark 4:41; ἀγάπη, John 15:13; ἄνεμος, John 6:18; κραυγή, Acts 23:9; φῶς, Matthew 4:16; πυρετός, Luke 4:38; θλίψις, Matthew 24:21.

3. Of rank;

(a) of persons: θεός (MM, xvi), Titus 2:13; Ἄρτεμις, Acts 19:27; compar. (see infr.), Matthew 18:1 (cf. Dalman, Words, 113f.); neut. for masc. (Bl., §32, 1), Matthew 12:6;

(b) of things: ἁμαρτία, John 19:11; μυστήριον, Ephesians 5:32; = μεγίστη (see infr., and cf. Field, Notes, 16f.), Matthew 22:36; compar. for superl. (M, Pr., 78), 1 Corinthians 13:13.

4.

(a) Compar., μείζων: Matthew 11:11; 23:17, al.; neut. pl., μείζονα, contr. μείζω, John 1:51; double compar., μειζότερος (M, Pr., 236; Bl., §11, 4), 3 John 4;

(b) superl, μέγιστος (Deiss., BS, 365), 2 Peter 1:4.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μέγας:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

243 total
  1. Hebrews 11:24μέγας · grown
    By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
  2. Hebrews 11:26μείζονα
    He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
  3. Hebrews 13:20μέγαν · great
    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
  4. James 3:1μεῖζον · more strictly
    Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
  5. James 3:5μεγάλα · great things
    In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
  6. James 4:6μείζονα · more
    But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  7. 2 Peter 1:4μέγιστα · magnificent
    Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
  8. 2 Peter 2:11μείζονες · greater
    Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
  9. 1 John 3:20μείζων · greater than
    Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
  10. 1 John 4:4μείζων · greater
    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
  11. 1 John 5:9μείζων · greater
    Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
  12. 3 John 1:4μειζοτέραν · greater
    I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
  13. Jude 1:6μεγάλης · on [that] great
    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
  14. Revelation 1:10μεγάλην · a loud
    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
  15. Revelation 2:22μεγάλην · great
    Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
  16. Revelation 5:2μεγάλῃ · a loud
    And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
  17. Revelation 5:12μεγάλῃ
    In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
  18. Revelation 6:4μεγάλη · a great
    Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.
  19. Revelation 6:10μεγάλῃ
    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
  20. Revelation 6:12μέγας · a great
    And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
  21. Revelation 6:13μεγάλου · a great
    …and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
  22. Revelation 6:17μεγάλη · great
    For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
  23. Revelation 7:2μεγάλῃ · in a loud
    And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
  24. Revelation 7:10μεγάλῃ
    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  25. Revelation 7:14μεγάλης · great
    “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  26. Revelation 8:8μέγα · a great
    Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
  27. Revelation 8:10μέγας · a great
    Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
  28. Revelation 8:13μεγάλῃ
    And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
  29. Revelation 9:2μεγάλης · of a great
    The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
  30. Revelation 9:14μεγάλῳ · great
    …saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
  31. Revelation 10:3μεγάλῃ
    Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
  32. Revelation 11:8μεγάλης · great
    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
  33. Revelation 11:11μέγας · great
    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
  34. Revelation 11:12μεγάλης · a loud
    And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
  35. Revelation 11:13μέγας · a great
    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  36. Revelation 11:15μεγάλαι · loud
    Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  37. Revelation 11:17μεγάλην · great
    …saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
  38. Revelation 11:18μεγάλους · great
    The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
  39. Revelation 11:19μεγάλη · a great
    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  40. Revelation 12:1μέγα · a great
    And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
  41. Revelation 12:3μέγας · a huge
    Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
  42. Revelation 12:9μέγας · great
    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  43. Revelation 12:10μεγάλην · a loud
    And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
  44. Revelation 12:12μέγαν · great
    Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
  45. Revelation 12:14μεγάλου · great
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  46. Revelation 13:2μεγάλην · great
    The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
  47. Revelation 13:5μεγάλα · arrogant
    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
  48. Revelation 13:13μεγάλα · great
    And the second beast performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
  49. Revelation 13:16μεγάλους · great
    And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
  50. Revelation 14:2μεγάλης · [the] loud
    And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.