μέγας

megas

Greek G3173 Adjective 243 occurrences in 231 verses
μέγας great

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.

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Concordance 231 verses

  1. 2 Peter 2:11 μείζονες

    Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

  2. 1 John 3:20 μείζων

    Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

  3. 1 John 4:4 μείζων

    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.

  4. 1 John 5:9 μείζων

    Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

  5. 3 John 1:4 μειζοτέραν

    I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

  6. Jude 1:6 μεγάλης

    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.

  7. Revelation 1:10 μεγάλην

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

  8. Revelation 2:22 μεγάλην

    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.

  9. Revelation 5:2 μεγάλῃ

    And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

  10. Revelation 5:12 μεγάλῃ

    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!”

  11. Revelation 6:4 μεγάλη

    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.

  12. Revelation 6:10 μεγάλῃ

    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

  13. Revelation 6:12 μέγας

    And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

  14. Revelation 6:13 μεγάλου

    and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

  15. Revelation 6:17 μεγάλη

    For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

  16. Revelation 7:2 μεγάλῃ

    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:

  17. Revelation 7:10 μεγάλῃ

    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

  18. Revelation 7:14 μεγάλης

    “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.

  19. 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,

  20. Revelation 8:10 μέγας

    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.

  21. Revelation 8:13 μεγάλῃ

    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!”

  22. Revelation 9:2 μεγάλης

    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.

  23. Revelation 9:14 μεγάλῳ

    saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

  24. Revelation 10:3 μεγάλῃ

    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.

  25. Revelation 11:8 μεγάλης

    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

  26. Revelation 11:11 μέγας

    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.

  27. Revelation 11:12 μεγάλης

    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.

  28. Revelation 11:13 μέγας

    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.

  29. Revelation 11:15 μεγάλαι

    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.”

  30. Revelation 11:17 μεγάλην

    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.

  31. Revelation 11:18 μεγάλους

    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.”

  32. Revelation 11:19 μεγάλη

    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, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

  33. 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.

  34. Revelation 12:3 μέγας

    Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.

  35. Revelation 12:9 μέγας

    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.

  36. Revelation 12:10 μεγάλην

    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.

  37. Revelation 12:12 μέγαν

    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.”

  38. Revelation 12:14 μεγάλου

    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.

  39. Revelation 13:2 μεγάλην

    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.

  40. Revelation 13:5 μεγάλα

    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

  41. Revelation 13:13 μεγάλα

    And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.

  42. Revelation 13:16 μεγάλους

    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,

  43. Revelation 14:2 μεγάλης

    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.

  44. Revelation 14:7 μεγάλῃ

    And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

  45. Revelation 14:8 μεγάλη

    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

  46. Revelation 14:9 μεγάλῃ

    And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

  47. Revelation 14:15 μεγάλῃ

    Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

  48. Revelation 14:18 μεγάλῃ

    Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

  49. Revelation 14:19 μέγαν

    So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.

  50. Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.

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