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Lexicon :: Strong's G3187 - meizōn

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μείζων
Transliteration
meizōn (Key)
Pronunciation
mide'-zone
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Part of Speech
comparative
Root Word (Etymology)
Irregular comparative of μέγας (G3173)
mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s) TR
29x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

μείζων meízōn, mide'-zone; irregular comparative of G3173; larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age):—elder, greater(-est), more.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's G3187 in the following manner: greater (34x), greatest (9x), elder (1x), more (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's G3187 in the following manner: greater (34x), greatest (9x), elder (1x), more (1x).

  1. greater, larger, elder, stronger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μείζων meízōn, mide'-zone; irregular comparative of G3173; larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age):—elder, greater(-est), more.
STRONGS G3187:
μείζων, see μέγας, at the beginning
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3187 matches the Greek μείζων (meizōn),
which occurs 29 times in 26 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:11 - Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:6 - But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:1 - In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who was greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - And a second like it is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater prophet is no one than John the baptist; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:46 - And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be the greatest of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:24 - And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But *ye* shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:12 - Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:53 - Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - Ye have heard that I have said unto you, I go away and I am coming to you. If ye loved me ye would rejoice that I go to the Father, for my Father is greater than I.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:12 - it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - *Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:9 - If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which he has witnessed concerning his Son.
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