Strong's #3173: megas (pronounced meg'-as)
(including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural megaloi, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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megas
1) great
1a) of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
1a1) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects
1a1a) mass and weight: great
1a1b) compass and extent: large, spacious
1a1c) measure and height: long
1a1d) stature and age: great, old
1b) of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant
1c) of age: the elder
1d) 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
2a) persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power
2b) things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance
2c) a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent
3) splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately
4) great things
4a) of God' s preeminent blessings
4b) of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God
Part of Speech: adjective
Relation: [including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural megaloi, etc., compare also G3176, G3187]
Citing in TDNT: 4:529, 573
Usage:
This word is used 197 times:
Luke 14:16: "A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:"
Luke 16:26: "us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would"
Luke 17:15: "he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,"
Luke 19:37: "to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works"
Luke 21:11: "And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines,"
Luke 21:11: "pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from"
Luke 21:23: "in those days! for there shall be great distress in"
Luke 22:12: "And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready."
Luke 23:23: "And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified."
Luke 23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into"
Luke 24:52: "to Jerusalem with great joy:"
John 6:18: "the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew."
John 7:37: "the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood"
John 11:43: "when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth."
John 19:31: "that sabbath day was a high day,)"
John 19:31: "that sabbath day was"
John 21:11: "to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three:"
Acts 2:20: "blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord"
Acts 4:33: "And with great power gave the apostles witness of the"
Acts 4:33: "Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them"
Acts 5:5: "fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all"
Acts 5:11: "And great fear came upon all the church,"
Acts 6:8: "and power, did great wonders and miracles among"
Acts 7:11: "and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers"
Acts 7:57: "Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and"
Acts 7:60: "And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay"
Acts 8:1: "that time there was a great persecution against the church"
Acts 8:2: "Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him."
Acts 8:7: "unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed"
Acts 8:8: "And there was great joy in that city."
Acts 8:9: "that himself was some great one:"
Acts 8:9: "that himself was some great one:"
Acts 8:10: "from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the"
Acts 8:10: "This man is the great power of God."
Acts 8:13: "with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs"
Acts 10:11: "unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners,"
Acts 11:5: "vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven"
Acts 11:28: "spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the"
Acts 14:10: "Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet."
Acts 15:3: "Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the"
Acts 16:26: "And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations"
Acts 16:28: "But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself"
Acts 19:27: "but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana"
Acts 19:28: "and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians."
Acts 19:34: "all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out,"
Acts 19:35: "of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and"
Acts 23:9: "And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the"
Acts 26:22: "both to small and great, saying none other things than those which"
Acts 26:24: "spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much"
Romans 9:2: "That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow"
