μέγας megas

Greek word for “great” · Strong’s G3173 · used 243 times in 231 verses

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Meaning

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα; great;

How it is translated

Glosses given for megas in context, with how often each is used:

• great 128
• loud 37
• greater 35
• greatest 7
• large 4
• great is 3
• greater than 3
• great ones 2
• great things 2
• great day 2
• one greater 1
• all the more 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 11 (8), Revelation 16 (8), Revelation 14 (7), Revelation 18 (7), Acts 8 (6), Revelation 12 (6), Revelation 6 (5), Revelation 19 (5), Mark 4 (4), Luke 1 (4)

Forms

• μεγάλη 35
• μεγάλῃ 34
• μείζων 26
• μέγας 25
• μεγάλην 19
• μέγα 18
• μεγάλης 16
• μέγαν 13
• μεγάλα 8
• μεγάλου 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with megas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 45
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 33
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 29
• γῆ gē “earth” 26
• κράζω krazō “to cry” 17
• μικρός mikros “small” 13
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 21
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 21
• πόλις polis “city” 14
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 18
• σεισμός seismos “earthquake” 8
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 11

Key verses

The verses using megas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 2:10 — And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
• Titus 2:13 — Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• Revelation 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white…
• Revelation 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his…
• Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his…
• Revelation 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are…
• Revelation 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.