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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 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

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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 - “So whoever will humble himself like 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 of you shall be your servant.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that THE BIRDS OF THE SKY 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 the one 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 a dispute also developed among them as to which one of them was regarded as being the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - “But it is not this way for 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 at the table? 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 - “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, 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 - “You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? 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 [fn]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 am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced [fn]because I am going 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 persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - But now faith, hope, and love remain, 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 - Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but rather that you would prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart, and He 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 testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
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