noun · neuter
megethem
Strong’sG3174
greatness, vastness
stem megeth-once in the New Testament1 of 6 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.
μέγεθος, -ους, τό
(< μέγας), [in LXX chiefly for קוֹמָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3174 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmeg'-eth-os
magnitude (figuratively)
Fromfrom G3173;
King Jamesgreatness.
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
Ionic dialect (not Refs 5th c.BC+ μέγᾰθος Refs 5th c.BC+, εος, τό: (μέγας):— greatness, magnitude, opposed to πλῆθος, Refs 5th c.BC+
I in Refs 8th c.BC+ always stature, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τ᾽ εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+: then, generally, size, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα Refs 5th c.BC+; of sound, loudness, βοῆς μ. Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb, λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος, ={μεγάλως}, Refs 5th c.BC+; but usually, in size, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον.. τὸ μ. Refs 5th c.BC+: also in plural, ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 frequently in dative, μεγέθει.. ἐκπρεπεστάτη in stature, Refs 5th c.BC+; κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοιRefs; σμικρόςRefs 4th c.BC+
II of quality and degree, greatness, magnitude, πόνων Refs 5th c.BC+; importance, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 might, power, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 greatness, magnanimity, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.4 Rhet., loftiness, sublimity, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν Refs 4th c.BC+: in plural, sublime objects, Refs
III in Mathematics texts, magnitude, Refs 5th c.BC+; extension, Refs 3rd c.AD+: in plural, magnitudes, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 Astron., magnitude, of stars, Refs 1st c.BC+
IV Grammars, metrical length, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV.2 τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ. the recognized lengths of lines in a metre, Refs 7th c.AD+
V τὸ μ. τινός, as title, his Highness, Refs 3rd c.AD+; τὸ σὸν μ. Refs
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 or object direct | megethem1×μέγεθος | megetheim |
| of, belonging to genitive | megetheu | megetheiu |
| to, for dative | megethe | megethei |
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
megethe 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
megethem“greatness”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Ephesians 1:19kai tinem tem huperballarōntem megethem tau dunamiau autou eis nin toin …and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who …