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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 - “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who 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 - “Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:1 - At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - “Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - “But he who is greatest among 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 that sanctifies[fn] the gold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - “but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - “And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[fn] There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - “For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist;[fn] but he 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 - Then a dispute arose among them as to which of them would be greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:24 - Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - “But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - “For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet 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 the well, and drank from it himself, as well as 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, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?”

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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 is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - “Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - “You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,[fn] ‘I am going 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 that I said to you, ‘A servant 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.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for[fn] he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - For if our heart condemns 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 - You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater 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 this is the witness of God which[fn] He has testified of His Son.
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