ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ, μεγεθος
MEGETHOS, megethos
Sounds Like: MEG-eh-thos
Translations: greatness, magnitude, size, a greatness, a magnitude, a size
From the root: ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being great in size, extent, or importance. It can describe physical dimensions, as in the size of an object, or abstract concepts like the greatness of a person or an event. It is typically used to denote a significant scale or degree.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3172 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:35
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 11:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:101, 21:341
- Book 2 — 2:7, 2:12, 3:21
- Book 3 — 1:28, 5:85, 6:110, 6:120, 7:163, 14:309
- Book 4 — 5:98, 8:330
- Book 5 — 1:19, 1:75, 1:80, 1:105, 2:149, 8:245, 8:279
- Book 6 — 6:130, 7:137, 9:171, 14:349
- Book 7 — 1:38, 4:95, 10:242, 12:315, 14:339, 15:391
- Book 8 — 3:63, 3:79, 4:99, 4:125, 4:126, 5:132, 5:138, 6:172, 10:251, 11:281
- Book 9 — 10:223
- Book 11 — 6:273, 6:277
- Book 12 — 2:60, 6:216, 11:424
- Book 14 — 7:111, 14:370
- Book 15 — 2:25, 8:297, 9:332, 10:361, 11:381, 11:385, 11:386, 11:387, 11:388, 11:392, 11:399
- Book 16 — 2:18, 3:77, 4:90, 5:142, 10:314
- Book 17 — 2:23
- Book 18 — 3:78, 4:103, 4:104, 6:220
- Book 19 — 1:65, 7:335, 9:362
- Book 20 — 6:123, 6:130, 8:186
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:8, 20:14, 22:22, 24:14
- Book Two — 2:12, 14:15
- Book Three — 1:4, 3:7, 5:27, 7:36
- Book Four — 8:40, 10:31
- Book Five — 1:36, 4:17, 4:26, 4:37, 4:39, 5:6, 5:21, 7:20, 12:6
- Book Six — 1:54, 1:75, 2:40, 4:2, 9:2
- Book Seven — 3:7, 4:5, 5:17, 5:38, 5:44, 8:88, 10:9
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 34:170
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 17:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 6:22, 7:21
- 2 Kings — 19:23
- Song of Solomon — 7:7
- Wisdom — 6:7
- Baruch — 2:18
- Ezekiel — 19:11, 31:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Ephesians — 1:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΘΕΣΙ — to the sizes, in the sizes, with the sizes
- ΜΕΓΕΘΕΙ — (by) size, (by) greatness, (by) magnitude, (by) extent
- ΜΕΓΕΘΕΙΤΗΣ — of greatness, of magnitude, of size, of importance
- ΜΕΓΕΘΕΣΙ — (to) sizes, (to) magnitudes, (to) greatnesses, (in) sizes, (in) magnitudes, (in) greatnesses
- ΜΕΓΕΘΕΣΙΝ — (to) sizes, (to) magnitudes, (to) greatnesses
- ΜΕΓΕΘΗ — greatness, magnitudes, sizes
- ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣΤΗΣ — of greatness, of magnitude, of size, of extent
- ΜΕΓΕΘΟΥΣ — of greatness, of magnitude, of size, of stature
- ΤΟΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ — the greatness, the magnitude, the size
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