lit., to enlarge, amplify, Mt. 23:5; 2 Cor. 10:15; to manifest in an extraordinary degree, Lk. 1:58; fig., to magnify, exalt, extol, Lk. 1:46; Acts 5:13; Acts 10:46; 19:17; Phil. 1:20*

pr. becoming a great man; magnificent, glorious, most splendid, 2 Pet. 1:17*

majesty, magnificence, glory, Lk. 9:43; Acts 19:27; 2 Pet. 1:16*

magnificent, splendid;, τὰ μεγαλεια, great things, wonderful works, Acts 2:11*

to fight; to quarrel, Acts 7:26; 2 Tim. 2:24; to contend, dispute, Jn. 6:52; Jas. 4:2*

a fight, battle, conflict;, in NT contention, dispute, strife, controversy, 2 Cor. 7:5; 2 Tim. 2:23; Tit. 3:9; Jas. 4:1*

a large knife, dagger; a sword, Mt. 26:47, 51; the sword of the executioner, Acts 12:2; Rom. 8:35; Heb. 11:37; hence, φορειν μάχαιραν, to bear the sword, to have the power of life and death, Rom. 13:4; meton.

see also Μαθθιας, Mattathias, pr. name, Lk. 3:25, 26*

Mattatha, pr. name, indecl.; Lk. 3:31*