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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 unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who was the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:46 - And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:24 - And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

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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 thereof 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 died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - My Father, who hath given them unto 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 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto 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 unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. 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 unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - Ye are of God, my little 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 the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
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