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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:

Revelation 13:16: "all, both small and great, rich and poor,"
Revelation 14:2: "and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice"
Revelation 14:7: "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give"
Revelation 14:8: "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink"
Revelation 14:9: "them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the"
Revelation 14:15: "temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the"
Revelation 14:18: "fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp"
Revelation 14:19: "cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
Revelation 15:1: "sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels"
Revelation 15:3: "of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works,"
Revelation 16:1: "And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying"
Revelation 16:9: "And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the"
Revelation 16:12: "vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the"
Revelation 16:14: "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
Revelation 16:17: "air; and there came a great voice out of the temple"
Revelation 16:18: "lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not"
Revelation 16:18: "earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great."
Revelation 16:19: "And the great city was divided into three parts,"
Revelation 16:19: "nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God,"
Revelation 16:21: "there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about"
Revelation 16:21: "thereof was exceeding great."
Revelation 17:1: "the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many"
Revelation 17:5: "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND"
Revelation 17:6: "when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
Revelation 17:18: "which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over"
Revelation 18:1: "from heaven, having great power; and the earth"
Revelation 18:2: "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon"
Revelation 18:2: "voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and"
Revelation 18:10: "torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty"
Revelation 18:16: "saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and"
Revelation 18:18: "saying, What city is like unto this great city!"
Revelation 18:19: "saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich"
Revelation 18:21: "took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into"
Revelation 18:21: "saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and"
Revelation 19:1: "after these things I heard a great voice of much people in"
Revelation 19:2: "for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the"
Revelation 19:5: "both small and great."
Revelation 19:17: "sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the"
Revelation 19:17: "the supper of the great God;"
Revelation 19:18: "both small and great."
Revelation 20:1: "of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand."
Revelation 20:11: "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on"
Revelation 20:12: "dead, small and great, stand before God; and"
Revelation 21:3: "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold,"
Revelation 21:10: "he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain,"
Revelation 21:10: "mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy"
Revelation 21:12: "And had a wall great and high, and had twelve"









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