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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3172 - μεγαλωσύνη

Transliteration

megalōsýnē

Phonetics

meg-al-o-soo'-nay

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G3173)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

4:544,573

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

majesty
1. of the majesty of God

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 155 ‑ אַדֶּרֶת (ad‑deh'‑reth); 1369 ‑ גְּבֻרָה (gheb‑oo‑raw'); 1420 ‑ גְּדוּלָּה (ghed‑oo‑law' (all three forms)); 1433 ‑ גֹּדֶל (go'‑del); 7238 ‑ רְבוּ (reb‑oo'); 8597 ‑ תִּפְאֶרֶת (tif‑aw‑raw', tif‑eh'‑reth);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Hebrews 2

Jude 1

NAS (3)

Hebrews 2

Jude 1

HCS (3)

Hebrews 2

Jude 1

BSB (3)

Hebrews 2

Jude 1

ESV (2)

Hebrews 2

WEB (3)

Hebrews 2

Jude 1

KJV (3)

Majesty 2

majesty 1

NAS (3)

Majesty 2

majesty 1

HCS (3)

Majesty 2

majesty 1

BSB (3)

Majesty 2

majesty 1

ESV (2)

Majesty 2

WEB (3)

majesty 1

of the Majesty 2

RAH

N-ASF 8

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 7

ANT

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-GFS 2

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

STV

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μεγᾰλ-ωσύνη, ἡ,

greatness, majesty, LXX 2 Samuel 7:21, al., Aristeas 192.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μεγαλωσύνη, μεγαλωσύνης, ἡ, only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (cf. Winers Grammar, 26, 95 (90); Buttmann, 73, and see ἀγαθωσύνη) (μέγας), the Sept. for גֹּדֶל and גְּדוּלָה; majesty: of the majesty of God, Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 8:1; Jude 1:25 (so 2 Samuel 7:23; Psalm 144:3, 6 (); Wis. 18:24; Sir. 2:18, and often).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† μεγαλωσύνη , -ης , ἡ (< μέγας ),

[in LXX chiefly for H1420 and cogn. forms, 2 Samuel 7:23, Psalms 145:3, al.;]

greatness, majesty: Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 8:1, Judges 1:25 (elsewhere Eccl. only).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

To the ordinary citations for this Biblical word we may add Aristeas 192 οὐ κατὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας οὐδὲ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην τῆς ἰσχύος τύπτοντος αὐτούς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιεικείᾳ χρωμένου τοῦ θεοῦ, ";God does not smite them according to their sins nor according to the greatness of His might, but uses forbearance"; (Thackeray). See s.v. ἀγαθωσύνη, and A. C. Pearson Verbal Scholarship, p. 18 f.

List of Word Forms

μεγαλωσυνη μεγαλωσύνη μεγαλωσύνην μεγαλωσυνης μεγαλωσύνης megalosune megalōsunē megalosunes megalōsunēs megalosyne megalosýne megalōsynē megalōsýnē megalosynes megalosýnes megalōsynēs megalōsýnēs