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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 ἐξῇρεν αὐτοὺσ Κύριοσ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτῶν ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ὀργῇ καὶ παροξυσμῷ μεγάλῳ σφόδρα, καὶ ἐξέβαλεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ γῆν ἑτέραν ὡσεὶ νῦν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:27)
  • καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν οἱ ἱερεῖσ. ὡσ δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸσ τῶν σαλπίγγων, ἠλάλαξε πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ἅμα ἀλαλαγμῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἅπαν τὸ τεῖχοσ κύκλῳ, καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 6:20)
  • καὶ αὐτοὶ παρὰ τῷ λίθῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ τῷ ἐν Γαβαών, καὶ Ἀμεσσαί̈ εἰσῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν. καὶ Ἰωὰβ περιεζωσμένοσ μανδύαν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐζωσμένοσ μάχαιραν ἐζευγμένην ἐπὶ τῆσ ὀσφύοσ αὐτοῦ ἐν κολεῷ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἔπεσε. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:8)
  • Κύριε, μνήσθητι δὴ ὅσα περιεπάτησα ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ καρδίᾳ πλήρει καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ σου ἐποίησα. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν Ἐζεκίασ κλαυθμῷ μεγάλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 20:3)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺσ τῷ Χελκίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι τῆσ δευτερώσεωσ καὶ τοῖσ φυλάσσουσιν τὸν σταθμὸν τοῦ ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ πεποιημένα τῷ Βάαλ καὶ τῷ ἄλσει καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέκαυσεν αὐτὰ ἔξω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν σαδημὼθ Κέδρων καὶ ἔβαλε τὸν χοῦν αὐτῶν εἰσ Βαιθήλ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 23:4)

Synonyms

  1. big

  2. great

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