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mallon G3123

μᾶλλον (mallon) means “more” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μᾶλλον Greek · G3123 81 tagged occurrences in 79 verses

Pronunciation guide: mal'-lon Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3123G

μᾶλλον · mallon · more

μάλα adv., [in LXX for אֲבָל, 3Ki.1:43, Dan LXX 10:21, al.; compar. for מ, Num.13:32 (31), al.; μᾶλλον ἠ (מ), Gen.19:9, al.; superlat., 2Ma.8:7, 4Ma.4:22 12:9 15:4 ;] I. Pos., very, very much, exceedingly (cl.; LXX ut supr.; in NT its place is taken by λίαν, σφόδρα, etc.). II. Compar., μᾶλλον. 1. Of increase, more; with qualifying words: πολλῷ, Mrk.10:48, Luk.18:39, Rom.5:15, 17, Php.2:12, al.; πόσῳ, Luk.12:24, Rom.11:12, al.; τοσούτῳ . . . ὅσῳ, Heb.10:25. 2. Of comparison, the more: Luk.5:15, Jhn.5:18, Act.5:14, 1Th.4:1, 10, 2Pe.1:10; ἔτι μ. καὶ μ., Php.1:9; with compar., Mrk.7:36, 2Co.7:13; πολλῴ μ. κρεῖσον, Php.1:23; μ. διαφέρειν, with genitive, Mat.6:26; μ. ἤ, Mat.18:13; with genitive, 1Co.14:18; as periphr. for compar., Act.20:35, 1Co.9:15, Gal.4:27; μ. δέ (EV, yea rather), Rom.8:34. 3. Of preference, rather, the rather, sooner: with qualifying words, πολλῷ, Mat.6:30, al.; πολύ, Heb.12:25; πόσῳ, Mat.7:11, al.; in a question, οὐ μ., 1Co.9:12; after a neg., Mat.10:6, al.; θέλω (εὐδοκῶ) μ., 1Co.14:5, 2Co.5:8; ζηλῶ, 1Co.14:1; with subst., τ. σκότος ἢ τ. φῶς, Jhn.3:19; μ. δέ, Gal.4:9. III. Superl., μάλιστα , most, most of all, above all: Act.20:38 25:26, Gal.6:10, Php.4:22, 1Ti.4:10 5:8, 17, 2Ti.4:13, Tit.1:10, Phm 16, 2Pe.2:10; μ. γνώστης, Act.26:3 (AS)

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TBESG · G3123H

μᾶλλον · mallon · more: rather

μάλα adv., [in LXX for אֲבָל, 3Ki.1:43, Dan LXX 10:21, al.; compar. for מ, Num.13:32 (31), al.; μᾶλλον ἠ (מ), Gen.19:9, al.; superlat., 2Ma.8:7, 4Ma.4:22 12:9 15:4 ;] I. Pos., very, very much, exceedingly (cl.; LXX ut supr.; in NT its place is taken by λίαν, σφόδρα, etc.). II. Compar., μᾶλλον. 1. Of increase, more; with qualifying words: πολλῷ, Mrk.10:48, Luk.18:39, Rom.5:15, 17, Php.2:12, al.; πόσῳ, Luk.12:24, Rom.11:12, al.; τοσούτῳ . . . ὅσῳ, Heb.10:25. 2. Of comparison, the more: Luk.5:15, Jhn.5:18, Act.5:14, 1Th.4:1, 10, 2Pe.1:10; ἔτι μ. καὶ μ., Php.1:9; with compar., Mrk.7:36, 2Co.7:13; πολλῴ μ. κρεῖσον, Php.1:23; μ. διαφέρειν, with genitive, Mat.6:26; μ. ἤ, Mat.18:13; with genitive, 1Co.14:18; as periphr. for compar., Act.20:35, 1Co.9:15, Gal.4:27; μ. δέ (EV, yea rather), Rom.8:34. 3. Of preference, rather, the rather, sooner: with qualifying words, πολλῷ, Mat.6:30, al.; πολύ, Heb.12:25; πόσῳ, Mat.7:11, al.; in a question, οὐ μ., 1Co.9:12; after a neg., Mat.10:6, al.; θέλω (εὐδοκῶ) μ., 1Co.14:5, 2Co.5:8; ζηλῶ, 1Co.14:1; with subst., τ. σκότος ἢ τ. φῶς, Jhn.3:19; μ. δέ, Gal.4:9. III. Superl., μάλιστα , most, most of all, above all: Act.20:38 25:26, Gal.6:10, Php.4:22, 1Ti.4:10 5:8, 17, 2Ti.4:13, Tit.1:10, Phm 16, 2Pe.2:10; μ. γνώστης, Act.26:3 (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

more, rather.

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How translators render G3123

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
more 19
rather 13
all the more 6
instead 5
more and more 2
vvv 2
all the harder 1
be even more 1
contrary to 1
especially 1
even more 1
greater riches 1
have actually 1
have it all the more 1
have more 1
i would rather 1
less 1
louder 1
more readily 1
more than that 1
more will he clothe 1
much 1
or rather 1
the louder 1
the more 1
would rather 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
rather 33
more 29
the more 10
more and more 2
so much the more 2
better 1
far 1
for me 1
more than 1
much 1
the rather 1
vehemently 1

Verses containing G3123

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  1. Matthew 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

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  2. Matthew 6:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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  3. Matthew 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

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  4. Matthew 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

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  5. Matthew 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

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  6. Matthew 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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  7. Matthew 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

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  8. Matthew 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

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  9. Matthew 27:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

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  10. Mark 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.

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  11. Mark 7:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

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  12. Mark 9:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

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  13. Mark 10:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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  14. Mark 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

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  15. Luke 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

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  16. Luke 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

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  17. Luke 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

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  18. Luke 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

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  19. Luke 18:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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  20. John 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

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  21. John 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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  22. John 12:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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  23. John 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,

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  24. Acts 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  25. Acts 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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  26. Acts 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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  27. Acts 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

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  28. Acts 20:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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  29. Acts 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,

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  30. Acts 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

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  31. Romans 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

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  32. Romans 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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  33. Romans 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!

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  34. Romans 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

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  35. Romans 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

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  36. Romans 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

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  37. Romans 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

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  38. Romans 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

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  39. 1 Corinthians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

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  40. 1 Corinthians 6:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

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  41. 1 Corinthians 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

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  42. 1 Corinthians 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

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  43. 1 Corinthians 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

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  45. 1 Corinthians 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

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  46. 1 Corinthians 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

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  47. 1 Corinthians 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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  48. 2 Corinthians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

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  49. 2 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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  50. 2 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

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