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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 - Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:6 - I tell 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 time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - The greatest among you will be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[fn] There is no commandment greater than these.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:46 - An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:24 - A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as 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 the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:53 - Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

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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[fn]; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that 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 what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[fn] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:12 - not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,[fn] but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,[fn] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:9 - We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
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