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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  3173 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 μέγας  [including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural megaloi, etc., cf also (3176), (3187)]
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 megas meg'-as
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Adjective 4:529,573
 Definition
 
  1. great
    1. of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
      1. in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects 1a
    2. mass and weight: great 1a
    3. compass and extent: large, spacious 1a
    4. measure and height: long 1a
    5. stature and age: great, old
    6. of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant
    7. of age: the elder
    8. used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong
  2. predicated of rank, as belonging to
    1. persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power
    2. things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance
    3. a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent
  3. splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately
  4. great things
    1. of God's preeminent blessings
    2. of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God
 Translated Words
 KJV (195) - great, 150; loud, 33; misc, 12;

NAS (243) - abundant, 1; all the more, 1; arrogant, 1; big, 2; completely, 1; fierce, 2; great, 115; great men, 2; great things, 2; greater, 30; greater things, 1; greatest, 10; greatly, 1; grown, 1; high, 2; huge, 1; large, 8; larger, 2; larger ones, 1; long time, 1; loud, 42; mighty, 1; more important, 2; older, 1; one greater, 1; perfectly, 2; severe, 2; stricter, 1; strong, 1; surprising, 1; terribly, 1; too much, 1; very much, 1; wide, 1;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew20
Mark15
Luke25
John5
Acts29
Romans1
1 Corinthians2
2 Corinthians1
Ephesians1
1 Timothy2
2 Timothy1
Titus1
Hebrews6
Jude1
Revelation75
 
Matthew29
Mark17
Luke31
John17
Acts29
Romans2
1 Corinthians5
2 Corinthians1
Ephesians1
1 Timothy2
2 Timothy1
Titus1
Hebrews10
James3
2 Peter1
1 John3
3 John1
Jude1
Revelation75
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TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Megas". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3173>.  

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