2001 Translation

MALLON, mallon

Sounds Like: MAHL-lon

Translations: more, rather, much more, especially

From the root: ΜΑΛΛΟΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is a comparative adverb meaning 'more' or 'rather'. It is used to indicate a preference, a greater degree, or an intensification of something. It often appears in contexts where a comparison is being made, suggesting that one thing is true to a greater extent than another, or that one action is preferred over another. For example, it can mean 'more' in terms of quantity or intensity, or 'rather' when expressing a choice or preference.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G3123 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:5, 1:7, 1:24, 1:36, 1:54, 1:76, 1:122, 1:127, 1:156, 1:177, 1:206, 1:257, 1:289

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 1:3, 19:8, 21:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:36, 2:2, 2:11, 2:32, 2:39, 2:107, 2:118, 3:9, 4:39, 4:78, 6:1, 7:1, 8:4, 8:13, 9:26, 10:4, 10:7, 10:13, 10:45, 10:54, 10:60, 12:10

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:1, 14:1, 14:2, 21:5, 27:2, 41:4, 48:6, 51:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Tobit — 2:10, 3:6, 12:8, 14:4
• 4 Maccabees — 13:24, 15:3, 16:13, 16:24
• Psalms — 83:11
• Proverbs — 5:4, 15:18, 16:7, 18:2, 21:3, 26:12, 28:23, 29:20
• Job — 20:2, 30:26
• Wisdom — 8:6, 8:20
• Sirach — 0:14, 4:10, 11:11, 13:9, 20:18, 28:21, 29:11
• Isaiah — 13:12
• Jonah — 1:11
• Matthew — 6:26, 7:11, 10:6, 10:25, 18:13, 20:31, 27:24
• Mark — 5:26, 7:36, 9:42, 10:48, 15:11
• Luke — 5:15, 11:13, 12:24, 12:28, 18:39
• John — 3:19, 5:18, 12:43, 19:8
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:19, 5:14, 5:29, 9:22, 20:35, 22:2, 27:11
• Romans — 5:10, 5:15, 5:17, 8:34, 11:12, 11:24, 14:13
• 1 Corinthians — 5:2, 6:7, 7:21, 9:12, 9:15, 14:1, 14:5, 14:18
• 2 Corinthians — 2:7, 3:8, 3:9, 3:11, 5:8, 7:7, 7:13
• Galatians — 4:9, 4:27
• Ephesians — 4:28, 5:4, 5:11
• Philippians — 1:9, 1:12, 1:23, 2:12, 3:4
• 1 Thessalonians — 4:1, 4:10
• 1 Timothy — 1:4, 6:2
• Philemon — 1:9, 1:16
• Hebrews — 9:14, 10:25, 11:25, 12:9, 12:13
• 2 Peter — 1:10
• Epistle of Barnabas — 1:3, 19:8
• Shepherd of Hermas — 94:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 3:3, 4:2, 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 7:1, 7:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 5:1, 5:2, 16:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 0:1, 2:1, 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 12:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:11, 3:16, 7:37, 11:58, 14:81, 14:83, 22:182, 1:4, 12:125, 23:188, 40:281
• Book Two — 1:4, 12:125, 23:188, 40:281

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:44, 2:54, 3:91, 3:101, 13:222, 13:228, 18:273, 19:300
• Book 2 — 1:2, 2:12, 3:26, 4:43, 4:44, 4:49, 4:50, 4:52, 4:59, 5:63, 5:76, 5:82, 6:113, 6:114, 6:149, 6:153, 6:157, 6:163, 7:189, 9:205, 9:219, 12:267, 12:270, 13:288, 14:299, 15:331
• Book 3 — 1:4, 1:20, 1:25, 2:42, 8:190, 13:297, 15:313, 15:319
• Book 4 — 2:11, 2:14, 3:36, 4:59, 5:92, 6:129, 8:289, 8:311, 8:317, 8:320, 8:329
• Book 5 — 1:78, 2:137, 2:146, 2:155, 4:185, 6:231, 8:249, 8:262, 10:350, 10:351
• Book 6 — 4:58, 7:134, 7:138, 7:144, 7:149, 10:200, 11:225, 11:229, 12:257, 12:259, 14:326, 14:329, 14:342, 14:345
• Book 7 — 2:52, 3:65, 7:155, 8:181, 9:201, 9:207, 9:221, 10:252, 10:255, 11:276, 12:312
• Book 8 — 1:13, 1:14, 2:56, 2:58, 3:69, 4:108, 4:112, 6:161, 7:194, 8:217, 10:249, 12:301
• Book 9 — 8:176, 9:199, 10:210, 11:240, 12:256
• Book 10 — 9:167, 10:203, 11:236, 11:250
• Book 11 — 2:23, 3:36, 3:57, 4:89, 4:97, 5:156, 6:199, 6:236, 6:265
• Book 12 — 2:65, 2:75, 2:83, 2:95, 6:166, 6:173, 6:189, 6:195
• Book 13 — 2:36, 11:310, 11:315, 12:330, 12:346, 13:376, 16:407, 16:423
• Book 14 — 1:3, 7:118, 11:283, 12:300, 13:351, 13:352, 14:382, 15:428, 15:437
• Book 15 — 2:36, 3:44, 3:48, 3:58, 3:61, 3:62, 3:85, 4:101, 5:123, 5:141, 5:144, 5:150, 5:153, 6:174, 6:187, 6:200, 6:201, 7:204, 7:206, 7:210, 7:218, 7:226, 7:231, 7:234, 7:235, 7:240, 7:241, 7:250, 7:255, 7:257, 7:261, 8:267, 8:276, 8:281, 8:296, 9:302, 10:349, 11:383, 11:393
• Book 16 — 2:35, 3:75, 3:79, 3:82, 3:83, 4:88, 4:92, 4:100, 4:121, 4:122, 7:208, 7:215, 7:224, 7:226, 8:232, 8:235, 8:237, 8:244, 8:247, 8:262, 8:266, 9:277, 9:278, 9:297, 10:300, 10:351, 11:364, 11:386, 11:401
• Book 17 — 4:67, 6:156, 9:209, 9:210, 9:240, 10:276, 10:293
• Book 18 — 1:5, 3:67, 6:183, 6:184, 6:205, 7:243
• Book 19 — 1:28, 1:43, 1:48, 1:53, 1:107, 3:215, 4:263, 6:309, 7:324, 7:330
• Book 20 — 4:89, 5:110, 8:184, 9:222

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:14, 5:8, 7:16, 17:19, 20:21, 21:6, 24:6, 24:14, 25:9, 31:8, 33:13
• Book Two — 1:8, 2:6, 5:8, 8:44, 9:8, 10:17, 13:20, 14:25, 14:34, 14:35, 16:31, 16:59, 17:39, 18:33, 18:34, 19:30, 21:39
• Book Three — 1:2, 2:14, 4:4, 7:6, 7:69, 7:70, 8:8, 9:33
• Book Four — 1:46, 2:9, 3:74, 3:91, 4:68, 5:37, 6:3, 6:19, 9:50, 10:19
• Book Five — 2:34, 10:3
• Book Six — 1:1, 2:20, 3:28, 8:28
• Book Seven — 1:12, 3:20, 4:4, 6:10, 6:26, 7:21, 8:7, 8:44, 8:51, 8:64, 10:19

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1, 4:1, 12:1, 17:1, 19:1, 22:1, 27:1, 53:1, 54:1, 68:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:7, 0:8
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:5, 3:3, 6:1, 13:8, 24:1, 27:4, 29:2, 38:2, 65:2, 67:2, 79:1, 80:3, 93:1, 95:1, 95:2, 96:2, 102:3, 107:2, 110:4, 115:6, 118:1, 121:2, 134:2, 135:3, 137:2, 141:4, 142:1, 142:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 6:24, 14:77, 31:154, 41:207, 50:260, 57:298, 58:299, 61:314

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 2:7, 3:3, 6:9

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:2, 19:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 2:1, 2:3, 4:4, 10:1, 10:3, 17:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:9, 29:30
• Numbers — 13:32, 14:12
• Deuteronomy — 9:1, 9:14, 11:23
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:19, 4:25
• Tobit — 2:10, 3:6, 12:8, 14:4, 14:4
• 2 Maccabees — 6:19, 6:23, 7:18
• 3 Maccabees — 1:4, 1:8, 6:31, 7:5
• 4 Maccabees — 13:24, 15:3, 15:5, 16:13, 16:24
• Psalms — 83:11
• Proverbs — 5:4, 15:18, 16:7, 18:2, 21:3, 26:12, 28:23, 29:20
• Job — 20:2, 30:26
• Wisdom — 8:6, 8:20
• Sirach — 0:10, 4:10, 11:11, 13:9, 20:18, 28:21, 29:11
• Isaiah — 13:12, 54:1
• Jonah — 1:11, 1:13

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 2 — 1:4
• Parable 5 — 2:11
• Parable 9 — 1:7, 1:8, 17:5, 22:4, 24:1, 28:4, 31:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 6:26, 6:30, 7:11, 10:6, 10:25, 10:28, 18:13, 25:9, 27:24
• Mark — 5:26, 7:36, 9:42, 10:48, 15:11
• Luke — 5:15, 11:13, 12:24, 12:28, 18:39
• John — 3:19, 5:18, 12:43, 19:8
• Acts — 4:19, 5:14, 5:29, 9:22, 20:35, 22:2, 27:11
• Romans — 5:9, 5:10, 5:15, 5:17, 8:34, 11:12, 11:24, 14:13
• 1 Corinthians — 5:2, 6:7, 7:21, 9:12, 9:15, 12:22, 14:1, 14:5, 14:18
• 2 Corinthians — 2:7, 3:8, 3:9, 3:11, 5:8, 7:7, 7:13, 12:9
• Galatians — 4:9, 4:27
• Ephesians — 4:28, 5:4, 5:11
• Philippians — 1:9, 1:12, 1:23, 2:12, 3:4
• 1 Thessalonians — 4:1, 4:10
• 1 Timothy — 1:4, 6:2
• 2 Timothy — 3:4
• Philemon — 1:9, 1:16
• Hebrews — 9:14, 10:25, 11:25, 12:9, 12:13, 12:25
• 2 Peter — 1:10

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 4:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΛΛΟΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΑΑΛΛΩΝ — more, rather, especially, sooner
• ΜΑΛ — more, rather, especially, all the more, much more
• ΜΑΛʼΛΟ — more, rather, sooner, especially, better, much more
• ΜΑΛΛΟ — more, rather, better, especially
• ΜΟΛΛΟΝ — rather, more, especially, sooner, much more, all the more

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