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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g3173 Greek: megas

Great:

is used

(a) of external form, size, measure, e.g., of a stone, Mat 27:60; fish, Jhn 21:11;

(b) of degree and intensity, e.g., of fear, Mar 4:41; wind, Jhn 6:18; Rev 6:13, RV, "great" (AV, "mighty"); of a circumstance, 1Cr 9:11; 2Cr 11:15; in Rev 5:2, 12, the RV has "great" (AV, "loud"), of a voice;

(c) of rank, whether of persons, e.g., God, Tts 2:13; Christ as a "great Priest," Hbr 10:21, RV; Diana, Act 19:27; Simon Magus, Act 8:9 "(some) great one;" in the plural, "great ones," Mat 20:25; Mar 10:42, those who hold positions of authority in Gentile nations; or of things, e.g., a mystery, Eph 5:32. Some mss. have it in Act 8:8, of joy (see No. 2). See also Note (2) below.
See GREATEST, HIGH, LOUD, MIGHTY, STRONG.

2 Strong's Number: g4183 Greek: polus

Great:

"much, many, great," is used of number, e.g., Luk 5:6; Act 11:21; degree, e.g., of harvest, Mat 9:37 [See Note (8)]; mercy, 1Pe 1:3, RV, "great" (AV, "abundant"); glory, Mat 24:30; joy, Phm 1:7, RV, "much" (AV, "great"); peace, Act 24:2. The best mss. have it in Act 8:8 (RV, "much"), of joy.
See ABUNDANT, COMMON, Note (1), LONG, MANY, MUCH, OFT, SORE, STRAITLY.

3 Strong's Number: g2425 Greek: hikanos

Great:

lit., "reaching to" (from hikano, "to reach"), denotes "sufficient, competent, fit," and is sometimes rendered "great," e.g., of number (of people), Mar 10:46; of degree (of light), Act 22:6.
See ABLE, ENOUGH, GOOD, LARGE, LONG, MANY, MEET, MUCH, SECURITY, SUFFICIENT, WORTHY.

4 Strong's Number: g2245 Greek: helikos

Great:

primarily denotes "as big as, as old as (akin to helikia, "an age"); then, as an indirect interrogation, "what, what size, how great, how small" (the context determines the meaning), said of a spiritual conflit, Col 2:1, AV, "what great (conflict) I have;" RV, "how greatly (I strive);" of much wood as kindled by a little fire, Jam 3:5 (twice in the best mss.), "how much (wood is kindled by) how small (a fire)," RV, said metaphorically of the use of the tongue. Some mss. have No. 4 in Gal 6:11; the most authentic have No. 5.

5 Strong's Number: g4080 Greek: pelikos

Great:

primarily a direct interrogative, "how large? how great?" is used in exclamations, indicating magnitude, like No. 4 (No. 6 indicates quantity), in Gal 6:11, of letter characters (see No. 4, Note); in Hbr 7:4, metaphorically, of the distinguished character of Melchizedek.

6 Strong's Number: g4214 Greek: posos

Great:

an adjective of number, magnitude, degree etc., is rendered "how great" in Mat 6:23.
See MANY, MUCH.

7 Strong's Number: g3745 Greek: hosos

Great:

"how much, how many," is used in the neuter plural to signify how great things, Mar 5:19, 20; Luk 8:39 (twice); Act 9:16, AV (RV, "how many things"); in Rev 21:16 (in the best mss.), "as great as," RV (AV, "as large as," said of length).
See ALL, MANY, No. 5, WHATSOEVER.

8 Strong's Number: g5118 Greek: tosoutos

Great:

"so great, so many, so much," of quantity, size, etc., is rendered "so great," in Mat 8:10; Luk 7:9, of faith; Mat 15:33, of a multitude; Hbr 12:1, of a cloud of witnesses; Rev 18:17, of riches.
See LARGE, LONG, MANY, MUCH.

9 Strong's Number: g5082 Greek: telikoutos

Great:

"so great," is used in the NT of things only, a death, 2Cr 1:10; salvation, Hbr 2:3; ships, Jam 3:4; an earthquake, Rev 16:18, AV, "so mighty," corrected in the RV to "so great."
See MIGHTY.

Notes:

(1) In Mar 7:36, "so much the more a great deal" translates a phrase lit. signifying "more abundantly;" in Mar 10:48, "the more a great deal" translates a phrase lit. signifying "more by much."

(2) For the noun megistan, in the plural, rendered "Lords" in the AV of Mar 6:21, see Lord; in Rev 6:15; 18:23, see PRINCE.

(3) In Luk 1:58, the verb megaluno, "to magnify, make great" (akin to No. 1), is rendered "had magnified (His mercy)," RV [AV, "had shewed great (mercy)"].

(4) In Luk 10:13, the adverb palai, "of old, long ago," is so rendered in the RV (AV, "a great while ago").

(5) In 2Pe 1:4, megistos, the superlative of megas (No. 1), said of the promises of God, is rendered "exceeding great."

(6) In Mat 21:8, pleistos, the superlative of polus (No. 2), said of a multitude, is rendered "very great" in the AV (RV, "the most part").

(7) In Rev 21:10, the most authentic mss. omit "that great" [RV, "the holy (city)"].

(8) In Luk 10:2, the RV renders polus by "plenteous" (AV, "great").

(9) In Mar 1:35, the adverb lian, exceedingly (see GREATLY), is rendered "a great while."
See DAY, B.

(10) In Luk 1:49 some texts have megaleia, "great things;" the best have No. 1.

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