μέγας | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα

Definition

large, great

Erasmian

Modern

Root

μεγαλο

Frequency

243

3489

Cognates

Mega is a common prefix meaning "large" or "great": megaphone, megavolt, Megalosaurus (which is a genus of extremely large dinosaurs (sau:roV means "lizard").

Mnemonic Singing

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Luke 23:46	Then Jesus, crying out in a loud (megalē \| μεγάλῃ \| dat sg fem) voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
Luke 24:52	And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great (megalēs \| μεγάλης \| gen sg fem) joy,
John 1:50	Jesus responded, saying to him, “Is it because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree that you believe? You will see greater (meizō \| μείζω \| acc pl neut comparative) things than that.”
John 4:12	Surely you are not greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than our father Jacob, are you, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his flocks?”
John 5:20	For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him greater (meizona \| μείζονα \| acc pl neut comparative) works than these, and you will be amazed.
John 5:36	But I have a witness greater (meizō \| μείζω \| acc sg fem comparative) than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
John 6:18	The sea was getting rough because a strong (megalou \| μεγάλου \| gen sg masc) wind had started to blow.
John 7:37	On the last day of the festival, the great (megalē \| μεγάλῃ \| dat sg fem) day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
John 8:53	Surely you are not greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than our father Abraham, are you? He died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”
John 10:29	My Father, who has given them to me, is more (meizon \| μεῖζον \| nom sg masc comparative) powerful (meizon \| μεῖζον \| nom sg masc comparative) than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
John 11:43	When he had said this, he called out in a loud (megalē \| μεγάλῃ \| dat sg fem) voice, “Lazarus, come out!
John 13:16	I tell you the solemn truth, the servant is not greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than his master, nor is the one who is sent greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than the one who sent him.
John 14:12	I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater (meizona \| μείζονα \| acc pl neut comparative) works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:28	You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than I.
John 15:13	Greater (meizona \| μείζονα \| acc sg fem comparative) love has no one than this, that a person lays down his life for his friends.
John 15:20	Remember the saying that I told you, ‘The servant is not greater (meizōn \| μείζων \| nom sg masc comparative) than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours as well.
John 19:11	Jesus said, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. That is why the man who handed me over to you has a greater (meizona \| μείζονα \| acc sg fem comparative) sin.”
John 19:31	Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high (megalē \| μεγάλη \| nom sg fem) day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down.
John 21:11	So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of large (megalōn \| μεγάλων \| gen pl masc) fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
Acts 2:20	The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great (megalēn \| μεγάλην \| acc sg fem) and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 4:33	And with great (megalē \| μεγάλῃ \| dat sg fem) power the apostles continued to give the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great (megalē \| μεγάλη \| nom sg fem) grace was upon them all.
Acts 5:5	When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. Great (megas \| μέγας \| nom sg masc) fear gripped all who heard about it.
Acts 5:11	Great (megas \| μέγας \| nom sg masc) fear gripped the entire church, and all who heard about these things.
Acts 6:8	And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great (megala \| μεγάλα \| acc pl neut) wonders and signs among the people.
Acts 7:11	Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great (megalē \| μεγάλη \| nom sg fem) affliction, and our fathers could find no food.