adjective
meizoteras
Greekμειζότερος (meizoteros)
Strong’sG3186
greater
stem meizoter-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μειζότερος, v.s. μέγας.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3186 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmide-zot'-er-os
still larger (figuratively)
Fromcontinued comparative of G3187;
King Jamesgreater.
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 | meizoteros | meizoteras | meizoterem | meizoterois | meizoterais | meizotereim |
| object accusative | meizoteron | meizoteran | meizoteroin | meizoterain | ||
| direct address vocative | meizoteror | meizoterar | meizoteroir | meizoterair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | meizoterou | meizoterau | meizotereu | meizoteroiu | meizoteraiu | meizotereiu |
| to, for dative | meizotero | meizotera | meizotere | meizoteroi | meizoterai | meizoterei |
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
meizoter 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
meizoteran1×
3 John 1:4“greater”meizoteran houteiu ouk echamō charan, hina akouameiō teim ēmeim tekneim en ta alētheia peripatarōteim.I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.