adjective
megaloprepas
Strong’sG3169
magnificent, superb, transcendent
stem megaloprep-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μεγαλοπρεπής, ές (= μεγάλῳ πρέπων),
[in LXX: De 33:26 (גַּאֲוָה), II Mac 8:15 15:13, III Mac 2:9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3169 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
befitting a great man, magnificent, δεῖπνον μ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δόξα NT
2 of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a horse, Refs: superlative, as honorific title, Refs 5th c.AD+
3 of style, μ. λόγοι Refs 5th c.BC+
II adverb -πέως, Attic dialect -πῶςRefs 5th c.BC+: comparative -έστερον Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -έστατα Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | megaloprepos | megaloprepas | megaloprepem | megaloprepois | megaloprepais | megaloprepeim |
| object accusative | megaloprepon | megaloprepan | megaloprepoin | megaloprepain | ||
| direct address vocative | megaloprepor | megaloprepar | megaloprepoir | megaloprepair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | megaloprepou | megaloprepau1×μεγαλοπρεποῦς | megaloprepeu | megaloprepoiu | megaloprepaiu | megaloprepeiu |
| to, for dative | megaloprepo | megaloprepa | megaloprepe | megaloprepoi | megaloprepai | megaloprepei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
megaloprep is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
megaloprepau“majestic”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Peter 1:17… fōnau ferirantau auto toiosdeau hupo tau megaloprepau doxau; Tos huios mu tos agapētos …… voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved …