Definition
more, rather
Vocabulary Form
μᾶλλον
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
81
GK
3437
Notes
When used with ἤ, ἤ is usually translated "than," not "or."
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 6:26 | Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) valuable than they? |
| Matthew 6:30 | Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today but tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) clothe you, O you of little faith? |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! |
| Matthew 10:6 | but go rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
| Matthew 10:25 | It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will they revile the members of his household! |
| Matthew 10:28 | Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. |
| Matthew 25:9 | But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for both us and you, so go rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ |
| Matthew 27:24 | So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere but rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; it is your responsibility.” |
| Mark 5:26 | She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors, and had spent all she had, all yet it benefitted her nothing; rather she had grown worse (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative). |
| Mark 7:36 | Jesus ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more they spread the news. |
| Mark 9:42 | “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. |
| Mark 10:48 | And many were sternly telling him to be quiet; but all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) he kept crying out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” |
| Mark 15:11 | But the ruling priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would release Barabbas instead (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative). |
| Luke 5:15 | Then the word about him spread even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. |
| Luke 11:13 | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” |
| Luke 12:24 | Consider the ravens: for they do not sow, neither do they reap; for them there is neither storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them. Of how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) value are you than the birds! |
| Luke 12:28 | If God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| Luke 18:39 | Those who were leading the way began to rebuke him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative), “Son of David, have mercy on me!” |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than light, because their deeds are evil. |
| John 5:18 | This was why the Jews were seeking all the more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) to kill him, because he not only used to break the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. |
| John 12:43 | For they loved the praise of men more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than the praise of God. |
| John 19:8 | Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) afraid. |
| Acts 4:19 | But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than God, you must judge, |
| Acts 5:14 | and more (mallon | μᾶλλον | adverb-comparative) than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, |