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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 say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one 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 - I tell you, 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, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - Whoever humbles himself like 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 shall be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

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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 puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who 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 tell you, among those born of women none is 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 arose among them as to which of them was 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 to be regarded as the greatest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at 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 - Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did 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 died? And the prophets died! 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,[fn] 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 servant[fn] is not 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 to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, 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 servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:12 - she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:20 - for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for 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 testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
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