Megas μέγας

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Megas
μέγας
Transliterationmegas
Strong's numberG3173
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossgreat
Occurrences246 in 232 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (75)

Megas (Greek μέγας, Strong's G3173) is a Greek adjective meaning “great”. It occurs 246 times in 232 verses of the New Testament.

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, Mat.2:60; δράκων, Rev.12:3; ἰχθῦς, Jhn.21:11; πόλις, Rev.11:8; μάχαιρα, Rev.6:4, al.
2. Of intensity and degree: δύναμις, Act.4:33; φόβος, Mrk.4:41; ἀγάπη, Jhn.15:13; ἄνεμος, 'ib. 6:18; κραυγή, Act.23:9; φῶς, Mat.4:16; πυρετός, Luk.4:38; θλίψις, Mat.24:21.
3. Of rank;
(a) of persons: θεός (MM, xvi), Tit.2:13; Ἄρτεμις, Act.19:27; compar. (see infr.), Mat.18:1 (cf. Dalman, Words, 113f.); neut. for masc. (Bl., §32, 1), Mat.12:6;
(b) of things: ἁμαρτία, Jhn.19:11; μυστήριον, Eph.5:32; = μεγίστη (see infr., and cf. Field, Notes, 16f.), Mat.22:36; compar. for superl. (M, Pr., 78), 1Co.13:13.
4.
(a) Compar., μείζων: Mat.11:11 23:17, al.; neut. pl., μείζονα, contr. μείζω, Jhn.1:51; double compar., μειζότερος (M, Pr., 236; Bl., §11, 4), III Jo 4;
(b) superl, μέγιστος (Deiss., BS, 365), 2Pe.1:4.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgreat (140), loud (33), greater (13), greatest (3), large (2), high (2), thing (2), they that are great (1), exceedingly (1), great ones (1), sore (1), there is a great (1), and 9 other renderings
BSBgreat (106), loud (23), greater (20), greatest (14), large (8), greater than (7), violent (2), perfectly (2), largest (2), superiors (2), great things (2), high (2), and 24 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Megas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

James

2 Peter

1 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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