ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΗΣ, υπερμεγεθης
YPERMEGETHĒS, ypermegethēs
Sounds Like: hoo-per-MEG-eh-thees
Translations: exceedingly great, exceedingly large, enormous, immense, a very great, a very large
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'exceedingly great' or 'enormous'. It describes something that is of an exceptionally large size or magnitude, going beyond what is merely 'great'. It can be used to describe objects, structures, or even abstract concepts that are immense in scale. For example, one might refer to an 'enormous man' or an 'exceedingly great building'.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine; Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5240 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:83
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Chronicles — 20:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΗΣ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΕΙΣ — exceedingly great, immense, enormous, very large
- ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — exceedingly great, exceedingly large, exceedingly huge, a thing exceedingly great, a thing exceedingly large, a thing exceedingly huge
- ΥΠΕΡΜΕΓΕΘΗ — of immense size, enormous, exceedingly great, huge
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