Vocabulary Form
μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα
Definition

large, great

Erasmian
Modern
Root
μεγαλο
Frequency
243
GK
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

Revelation 11:13 And at that very hour there was a great (megas | μέγας | nom sg masc) earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud (megalai | μεγάλαι | nom pl fem) voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 11:17 saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great (megalēn | μεγάλην | acc sg fem) power and begun to reign.
Revelation 11:18 The nations raged, but your wrath came; and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great (megalous | μεγάλους | acc pl masc), and the time to destroy the destroyers of the earth.”
Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God, which is in heaven, was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy (megalē | μεγάλη | nom sg fem) hail.
Revelation 12:1 Then a great (mega | μέγα | nom sg neut) sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge (megas | μέγας | nom sg masc) red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
Revelation 12:9 And the great (megas | μέγας | nom sg masc) dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world — he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud (megalēn | μεγάλην | acc sg fem) voice in heaven saying, “Just now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accuses them day and night before our God.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and all who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you having great (megan | μέγαν | acc sg masc) wrath, because he knows that he has only a short time!”
Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great (megalou | μεγάλου | gen sg masc) eagle so she could fly away into the wilderness to the place where she would be taken care of for a time, and times, and half a time, safe from the presence of the serpent.
Revelation 13:2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to the beast the dragon gave his power and his throne and great (megalēn | μεγάλην | acc sg fem) authority.
Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant (megala | μεγάλα | acc pl neut) words and blasphemies, and he was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Revelation 13:13 He performed impressive (megala | μεγάλα | acc pl neut) signs, even making fire come down from heaven in the sight of everyone;
Revelation 13:16 He also caused everyone — small and great (megalous | μεγάλους | acc pl masc), rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud (megalēs | μεγάλης | gen sg fem) thunder. The sound I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,
Revelation 14:7 And he said with a loud (megalē | μεγάλῃ | dat sg fem) voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Revelation 14:8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! (megalē | μεγάλη | nom sg fem) — she who has made all nations drink of the wine of her passionate immorality.”
Revelation 14:9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, declaring in a loud (megalē | μεγάλῃ | dat sg fem) voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud (megalē | μεγάλῃ | dat sg fem) voice to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “Thrust in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Revelation 14:18 Then another angel, the one who had authority over the fire, came out from the altar and called with a loud (megalē | μεγάλῃ | dat sg fem) voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Thrust in your sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great (megan | μέγαν | acc sg masc) winepress of the wrath of God.
Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great (mega | μέγα | acc sg neut) and marvelous: seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, because with them the wrath of God is finished.
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great (megala | μεγάλα | nom pl neut) and marvelous are your deeds, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud (megalēs | μεγάλης | gen sg fem) voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”