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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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“Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is [fn]least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:6 - “But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:1 -

At that [fn]time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - “Whoever therefore will humble himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - “You fools and blind men! For which is [fn]more important, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes [fn]largest of all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE [fn]AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 -

“I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is [fn]least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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Now an argument [fn]started among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

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And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - “But not so with you; rather the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - “For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as the one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:12 - “Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this 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 - “Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - “[fn]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - “You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:12 - it was said to her, “THE OLDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - But now abide faith, hope, love—these three; but the [fn]greatest of these is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - But I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. And greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he [fn]translates, so that the church may receive edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - [fn]in whatever our heart condemns us; for 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 - You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who 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 the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness about His Son.
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