noun · feminine
megalōsunas
Strong’sG3172
majesty
stem megalōsun-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 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.
† μεγαλωσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< μέγας), [in LXX chiefly for גְּדוּלָה and cogn. forms, II Ki 7:23, Ps 144 (145):3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3172 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmeg-al-o-soo'-nay
greatness, i.e. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself)
Fromfrom G3173;
King Jamesmajesty.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
greatness, majesty, LXX
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | megalōsunas1×μεγαλωσύνη | megalōsunais |
| object accusative | megalōsunan | megalōsunain |
| direct address vocative | megalōsunar | megalōsunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | megalōsunau2×μεγαλωσύνης | megalōsunaiu |
| to, for dative | megalōsuna | megalōsunai |
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
megalōsuna 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
megalōsunas“majesty”subjectnominative singular1×
Jude 1:25… Iēsu Christou tou kuriou nu doxas megalōsunas kratem kai exousias pro pantou tou …… only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ …
megalōsunau“majesty”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Hebrews 1:3… hamartaiu poierantos kathizata en dexa tau megalōsunau en hupsēloi,… at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Hebrews 8:1… kathizata en dexa tou thronou tau megalōsunau en toi ouranoi,… hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,