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μέγας

First/Second declension Adjective; 불규칙 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέγας μεγάλη μέγα

Structure: μεγαλ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Sense

  1. big, large
  2. great, mighty
  3. marvelous, awesome

Examples

  • καὶ ἤτασεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν Φαραὼ ἐτασμοῖσ μεγάλοισ καὶ πονηροῖσ καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ περὶ Σάρασ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Ἅβραμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:17)
  • εἰ ἐπείρασεν ὁ Θεὸσ εἰσελθὼν λαβεῖν ἑαυτῷ ἔθνοσ ἐκ μέσου ἔθνουσ ἐν πειρασμῷ καὶ ἐν σημείοισ καὶ ἐν τέρασι καί ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ καὶ ἐν ὁράμασι μεγάλοισ κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐνώπιόν σου βλέποντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:34)
  • καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ἡμᾶσ Κύριοσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου αὐτὸσ ἐν ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ τῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ καὶ ἐν ὁράμασι μεγάλοισ καὶ ἐν σημείοισ καὶ ἐν τέρασι (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 26:8)
  • καὶ κατήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὗτοι διακεχυμένοι ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ ἐσθίοντεσ καὶ πίνοντεσ καὶ ἑορτάζοντεσ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ σκύλοισ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ, οἷσ ἔλαβον ἐκ γῆσ ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐκ γῆσ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 30:16)
  • τὴν τεθεμελιωμένην ἐν τιμίοισ λίθοισ μεγάλοισ, λίθοισ δεκαπήχεσι καὶ τοῖσ ὀκταπήχεσι, (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:47)

Synonyms

  1. big

  2. great

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