Greek noun (feminine) · G3172
μεγαλωσύνη
megalosynemeg-al-o-soo'-nay
majesty
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: megalōsýnē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3172is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3172
greatness, i.e. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself)
The King James renders it: majesty.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
megalosyne is rendered "majesty". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Hebrews 1:3μεγαλωσύνης
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Majesty3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μέγας | megas | great | Uses243 |
| μεγαλύνω | megalyno | to magnify | Uses8 |
| μεγαλειότης | megaleiotes | majesty | Uses3 |
| μεγάλως | megalos | greatly | Uses1 |
| μεγαλεῖος | megaleios | mighty | Uses1 |
| μεγαλοπρεπής | megaloprepes | majestic | Uses1 |
| μεγαλαυχέω | megalaucheo | to boast | Usesnot recorded |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μεγαλωσύνης2
- μεγαλωσύνη1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Hebrews
two uses
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- μεγαλωσύνηςmegalosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Majesty
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- μεγαλωσύνηςmegalosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Majesty
Jude
one use
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- μεγαλωσύνηmegalosunenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: majesty
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.