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Word Study · Strong's G3173 · Greek

μέγας

megas

meg'-as

Strong's 1890 spelling: mégas

big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)

Rendered in the KJV as

(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.

  • 243
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 19 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 54
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 243 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 54

  • μεγάλη25
  • μεγάλῃ25
  • μείζων23
  • μέγας20
  • μεγάλην16
  • μέγα15
  • μεγάλης12
  • μέγαν10
  • μεγάλα8
  • μεγάλῃ·7
  • μεγάλου6
  • μείζονα6

and 42 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 55

  • great92
  • greater26
  • loud24
  • great,13
  • great.12
  • loud;6
  • Greater4
  • in a loud4
  • large4
  • a great3
  • great;3
  • greater than3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 33

  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular34
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular33
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular25
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular23
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular19
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular16
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular13
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular10
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular8
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular7
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural6
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • A-DSF · 34
  • A-NSF · 33
  • A-NSM · 25
  • A-NSM-C · 23
  • A-ASF · 19
  • A-GSF · 16
  • A-ASM · 13
  • A-ASN · 10
  • A-NSN · 8
  • A-GSM · 7
  • A-APN · 6
  • A-ASF-C · 5

All 243, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew30 occurrences
Mark18 occurrences
Luke33 occurrences
John18 occurrences
Acts31 occurrences
Romans2 occurrences
1 Corinthians5 occurrences
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Ephesians1 occurrence
1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 Timothy1 occurrence
Titus1 occurrence
Hebrews10 occurrences
James3 occurrences
2 Peter2 occurrences
1 John3 occurrences
3 John1 occurrence
Jude1 occurrence
Revelation80 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).