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:
1 Corinthians 9:11: "have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your"
1 Corinthians 16:9: "For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and"
2 Corinthians 11:15: "Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as"
Ephesians 5:32: "This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning"
1 Timothy 3:16: "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God"
1 Timothy 6:6: "with contentment is great gain."
2 Timothy 2:20: "But in a great house there are not only vessels"
Titus 2:13: "glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior"
Hebrews 4:14: "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus"
Hebrews 8:11: "from the least to the greatest."
Hebrews 10:21: "And having a high priest over the house of God;"
Hebrews 10:35: "your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward."
Hebrews 11:24: "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's"
Hebrews 13:20: "our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through"
Jude 1:6: "darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
Revelation 1:10: "heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
Revelation 2:22: "with her into great tribulation, except they repent of"
Revelation 5:2: "a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy"
Revelation 5:12: "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
Revelation 6:4: "one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."
Revelation 6:10: "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord,"
Revelation 6:12: "and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun"
Revelation 6:13: "untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind."
Revelation 6:17: "For the great day of his wrath is come; and"
Revelation 7:2: "of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four"
Revelation 7:10: "And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God"
Revelation 7:14: "are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their"
Revelation 8:8: "sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast"
Revelation 8:10: "sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning"
Revelation 8:13: "through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe,"
Revelation 9:2: "pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun"
Revelation 9:14: "which are bound in the great river Euphrates."
Revelation 10:3: "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and"
Revelation 11:8: "the street of the great city, which spiritually is called"
Revelation 11:11: "their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw"
Revelation 11:12: "And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them,"
Revelation 11:13: "the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part"
Revelation 11:15: "sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying,"
Revelation 11:17: "which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned."
Revelation 11:18: "name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the"
Revelation 11:19: "and an earthquake, and great hail."
Revelation 12:1: "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with"
Revelation 12:3: "heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven"
Revelation 12:9: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called"
Revelation 12:10: "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now"
Revelation 12:12: "is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that"
Revelation 12:14: "were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into"
Revelation 13:2: "his seat, and great authority."
Revelation 13:5: "unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power"
Revelation 13:13: "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire"
