μέγιστος, see: μέγας.
μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα, [in LXX chiefly for גָּדוֹל, also for מַרְבֶּה,רַב (incl. μείζων), רֹב (μέγιστος);]
great; 1)
of external form, bodily size, measure, extent: λίθος, Mat.2:60; δράκων, Rev.12:3; ἰχθῦς, Jhn.21:11; πόλις, Rev.11:8; μάχαιρα, Rev.6:4, al. 2)
Of intensity and degree: δύναμις, Act.4:33; φόβος, Mrk.4:41; ἀγάπη, Jhn.15:13; ἄνεμος, ib. 6:18; κραυγή, Act.23:9; φῶς, Mat.4:16; πυρετός, Luk.4:38; θλίψις, Mat.24:21. 3)
Of rank; (a)
of persons: θεός (MM, xvi), Tit.2:13; Ἄρτεμις, Act.19:27; compar. (see infr.), Mat.18:1 (cf. Dalman,
Words, 113f.); neut. for masc. (Bl, §32, 1), Mat.12:6; (b)
of things: ἁμαρτία, Jhn.19:11; μυστήριον, Eph.5:32; = μεγίστη (see infr, and cf. Field,
Notes, 16f.), Mat.22:36; compar. for superl. (M,
Pr., 78), 1Co.13:13. 4) (a) Compar, μείζων: Mat.11:11 23:17, al; neut. pl, μείζονα, contr. μείζω, Jhn.1:51; double compar, μειζότερος (M,
Pr., 236; Bl, §11, 4), III Jo 4; (b) superl, μέγιστος (Deiss,
BS, 365), 2Pe.1:4. (
AS)