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μέγας
mégas · Greek · Strong's G3173 · 243 occurrences
The KJV renders 23 different Hebrew and Greek words as “great”
What it means
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
(including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also G3176 (μέγιστος), G3187 (μείζων));
How the KJV renders it
great, high, large, loud, mighty, strong, x to years
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“great”
also renders hikanós (G2425), pleíōn (G4119), lían (G3029), ʼîysh (H376), ʼatstsîyl (H679), baʻal (H1167), bâqâr (H1241), gᵉlâl (H1560), chûwl (H2342), chalchâlâh (H2479), kâbad (H3513), kâbêd (H3515), lâbîyʼ (H3833), mᵉʼôd (H3966), marbeh (H4766), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), rab (H7229), rabrab (H7260), racham (H7356), saggîyʼ (H7689)
“mighty”
also renders dynástēs (G1413), krataiós (G2900), ischyrós (G2478), dynatós (G1415), bíaios (G972), ʼâbîyr (H46), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼaddîyr (H117), ʼûwl (H193), ʼayil (H352), ʼêythân (H386), ʼâphîyq (H650), gibbâr (H1401), gâdôwl (H1419), châzâq (H2389), kabbîyr (H3524), ʻaz (H5794), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻârîyts (H6184), rab (H7227), taqqîyph (H8624)
“strong”
also renders enérgeia (G1753), stereós (G4731), dynatós (G1415), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼêythân (H386), bâtsar (H1219), gibbôwr (H1368), gerem (H1634), châzâq (H2389), chayil (H2428), chăçîyn (H2626), kabbîyr (H3524), mibtsâr (H4013), mâtsôwr (H4692), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻatstsumâh (H6110), ʻârîyts (H6184), taqqîyph (H8624)
“high”
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
Where it appears
243 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 9:11 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:31 A-APN-C1 Corinthians 13:13 A-NSF-C1 Corinthians 14:5 A-NSM-C1 Corinthians 16:9 A-NSF1 John 3:20 A-NSM-C1 John 4:4 A-NSM-C1 John 5:9 A-NSF-C1 Timothy 3:16 A-NSN1 Timothy 6:6 A-NSM2 Corinthians 11:15 A-NSN2 Peter 1:4 A-NPN-S2 Peter 2:11 A-NPM-C2 Timothy 2:20 A-DSF3 John 1:4 A-ASF-CActs 2:20 A-ASFActs 2:43 A-NSMActs 4:33 A-DSFActs 5:5 A-NSMActs 5:11 A-NSMActs 6:8 A-APNActs 7:11 A-NSFActs 7:57 A-DSFActs 7:60 A-DSFActs 8:1 A-NSMActs 8:2 A-ASMActs 8:7 A-DSFActs 8:9 A-ASMActs 8:10 A-GSMActs 8:13 A-APFActs 10:11 A-ASFActs 11:5 A-ASFActs 11:28 A-ASFActs 14:10 A-DSFActs 15:3 A-ASFActs 16:26 A-NSMActs 16:28 A-DSFActs 19:27 A-GSFActs 19:28 A-NSFActs 19:34 A-NSFActs 19:35 A-GSFActs 23:9 A-NSFActs 26:22 A-DSMActs 26:24 A-DSFActs 26:29 A-DSMEphesians 5:32 A-NSNHebrews 4:14 A-ASMHebrews 6:13 A-GSM-CHebrews 6:16 A-GSM-CHebrews 8:11 A-GSMHebrews 9:11 A-GSF-CHebrews 10:21 A-ASMHebrews 10:35 A-ASFHebrews 11:24 A-NSMHebrews 11:26 A-ASM-CHebrews 13:20 A-ASMJames 3:1 A-ASN-CJames 3:5 A-APNJames 4:6 A-ASF-CJohn 1:51 A-APN-C
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.