adjective
megos
Greekμείζων (meizōn)
Strong’sG3187
greater, greatest
stem meg-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μείζων, v.s. μέγας.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3187 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmide'-zone
larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
Fromirregular comparative of G3173;
King Jameselder, greater(-est), more.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | megos | megas | megem | megois | megais | megeim |
| object accusative | megon | megan | megoin | megain | ||
| direct address vocative | megor | megar | megoir | megair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | megou | megau | megeu | megoiu | megaiu | megeiu |
| to, for dative | mego | mega | mege | megoi | megai | megei |
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
meg 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
megoterois1×
2 Peter 2:11“greater”hopou angelois ischua kai dunamia megoterois arōtois ouk feralō kata autoiu blasfēman krisian.Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.