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μέγας (megas) means “great” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μέγας Greek · G3173 241 tagged occurrences in 229 verses

Pronunciation guide: meg'-as Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3173

μέγας · megas · 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. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

large, great, in the widest sense.

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How translators render G3173

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
great 70
a great 27
vvv 19
greater 15
a loud 13
in a loud 8
the greatest 8
greater than 7
a large 6
greatest 5
is greater 3
a high 2
a strong 2
a violent 2
great is 2
great things 2
greater things 2
perfectly 2
superiors 2
the largest 2
a huge 1
abundant 1
all the louder 1
arrogant 1
bigger ones 1
by intense 1
by the great 1
deep 1
even greater 1
great alike 1
greater than themselves 1
grown 1
is great 1
is it too much 1
is the greatest 1
large 1
long 1
loud 1
magnificent 1
more 1
more strictly 1
more substantial than 1
of a great 1
of great 1
of large 1
of the great 1
older 1
on that great 1
one greater 1
one greater than 1
profound 1
so horrendous 1
surprising 1
the great power 1
the loud 1
the roar 1
was the great 1
with great 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
great 80
a great 32
greater 19
with a loud 18
greater than 9
the great 9
loud 7
the greatest 7
a loud 6
of the great 6
that great 5
of a great 4
the greater 3
a large 2
greatest 2
of great 2
with great 2
with loud 2
a great thing 1
a greater 1
a greater than 1
a mighty 1
a strong 1
an high 1
exceeding great 1
great one 1
great ones 1
great thing 1
great things 1
greater things than 1
he that is greatest 1
high 1
is greatest 1
it had been a great 1
more 1
sore 1
than 1
the elder 1
the more 1
there is a great 1
they that are great 1
this great 1
to years 1
which were done 1

Verses containing G3173

Page 4 of 5. 229 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 John 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. 1 John 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  3. 3 John 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  4. Jude 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Revelation 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  6. Revelation 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  7. Revelation 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  8. Revelation 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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!”

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  9. Revelation 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  10. Revelation 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  11. Revelation 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  12. Revelation 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  13. Revelation 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  14. Revelation 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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:

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  15. Revelation 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  16. Revelation 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  17. Revelation 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  18. Revelation 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  19. Revelation 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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!”

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  20. Revelation 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  21. Revelation 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  22. Revelation 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  23. Revelation 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  24. Revelation 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  25. Revelation 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  26. Revelation 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  27. Revelation 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  28. Revelation 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  29. Revelation 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  30. Revelation 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  31. Revelation 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  32. Revelation 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  33. Revelation 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  34. Revelation 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  35. Revelation 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  36. Revelation 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  37. Revelation 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  38. Revelation 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  39. Revelation 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  40. Revelation 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  41. Revelation 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  42. Revelation 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  43. Revelation 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  44. Revelation 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  45. Revelation 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  46. Revelation 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  47. Revelation 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  48. Revelation 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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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  49. Revelation 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

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  50. Revelation 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”

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