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|astxt=[[μέγας]], [[μεγάλη]], [[μέγα]], [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֹול, also for מַרְבֶּה ,רַב (incl. [[μείζων]]), רֹב ([[μέγιστος]]);] <br />great;<br /><b class="num">1.</b>of external form, bodily size, measure, extent: [[λίθος]], Mt 2:60; [[δράκων]], Re 12:3; [[ἰχθῦς]], Jo 21:11; [[πόλις]], Re 11:8; [[μάχαιρα]], Re 6:4, al. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Of intensity and degree: [[δύναμις]], Ac 4:33; [[φόβος]], Mk 4:41; [[ἀγάπη]], Jo 15:13; [[ἄνεμος]], ib. 6:18; [[κραυγή]], Ac 23:9; [[φῶς]], Mt 4:16; [[πυρετός]], Lk 4:38; θλίψις, Mt 24:21. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>Of rank;<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of persons: [[θεός]] (MM, xvi), Tit 2:13; [[Ἄρτεμις]], Ac 19:27; compar. (v. infr.), Mt 18:1 (cf. Dalman, Words, 113f.); neut. for masc. (Bl., §32, 1), Mt 12:6; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of things: [[ἁμαρτία]], Jo 19:11; [[μυστήριον]], Eph 5:32; = μεγίστη (v. infr., and cf. Field, Notes, 16f.), Mt 22:36; compar. for superl. (M, Pr., 78), I Co 13:13. <br /><b class="num">4.</b><br /><b class="num">(a)</b>Compar., [[μείζων]]: Mt 11:11 23:17, al.; neut. pl., μείζονα, contr. μείζω, Jo 1:51; double compar., μειζότερος (M, Pr., 236; Bl., §11, 4), III Jo 4; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>superl, [[μέγιστος]] (Deiss., BS, 365), II Pe 1:4.