Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Read in context →And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
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gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Strong's KJV usage: aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:16Strong's last: Malachi 4:5
Open full H1419 profile →mégas · meg'-as
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:10Strong's last: Revelation 21:12
Open full G3173 profile →rab · rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
Strong's KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Strong's first: Genesis 6:5Strong's last: Zechariah 14:13
Open full H7227 profile →polýs · pol-oos'
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
Strong's KJV usage: :--abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:18Strong's last: Revelation 19:6
Open full G4183 profile →gâdal · gaw-dal'
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Strong's KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Strong's first: Genesis 12:2Strong's last: Zechariah 12:11
Open full H1431 profile →mᵉʼôd · meh-ode'
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Strong's KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), × louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 3:5Strong's last: Zechariah 14:14
Open full H3966 profile →rab · rab
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:10Strong's last: Daniel 7:2
Open full H7229 profile →rôb · robe
abundance (in any respect)
Strong's KJV usage: abundance(-antly), all, × common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), × very (age).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 24:24Strong's last: Ezekiel 28:5
Open full H7230 profile →kâbêd · kaw-bade'
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Strong's KJV usage: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
Strong's first: Genesis 50:9Strong's last: Isaiah 36:2
Open full H3515 profile →râbâh · raw-baw'
to increase (in whatever respect)
Strong's KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Strong's first: Genesis 15:1Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:7
Open full H7235 profile →rabrab · rab-rab'
huge (in size); domineering (in character)
Strong's KJV usage: (very) great (things).
Strong's first: Daniel 2:48Strong's last: Daniel 7:17
Open full H7260 profile →tosoûtos · tos-oo'-tos
apparently from G3588 and G3739) and G3778 (including its variations); so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
Strong's KJV usage: :--as large, so great (long, many, much), these many.
Strong's first: Matthew 8:10Strong's last: Revelation 18:17
Open full G5118 profile →hósos · hos'-os
as (much, great, long, etc.) as
Strong's KJV usage: :--all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever).
Strong's first: Mark 5:19Strong's last: Acts 9:16
Open full G3745 profile →tēlikoûtos · tay-lik-oo'-tos
such as this, i.e. (in (figurative) magnitude) so vast
Strong's KJV usage: :--so great, so mighty.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:10Strong's last: James 3:4
Open full G5082 profile →hēlíkos · hay-lee'-kos
as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much
Strong's KJV usage: :--how (what) great.
Strong's first: Colossians 2:1Strong's last: James 3:5
Open full G2245 profile →hikanós · hik-an-os'
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
Strong's KJV usage: :--able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.
Strong's first: Mark 10:46Strong's last: Acts 22:6
Open full G2425 profile →kaí · kahee
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
Strong's KJV usage: :--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Strong's first: Revelation 15:3Strong's last: Revelation 18:1
Open full G2532 profile →ʼĕlôhîym · el-o-heem'
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Strong's KJV usage: angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.
Strong's first: Genesis 30:8Strong's last: 1 Samuel 14:15
Open full H430 profile →gâbar · gaw-bar'
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
Strong's KJV usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Strong's first: Psalms 103:11Strong's last: Psalms 117:2
Open full H1396 profile →gâdêl · gaw-dale'
large (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: great, grew.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 17:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 16:26
Open full H1432 profile →gᵉlâl · ghel-awl'
weight or size (as if rolled)
Strong's KJV usage: great.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:8Strong's last: Ezra 6:4
Open full H1560 profile →chŏrîy · khor-ee'
a burning (i.e. intense) anger
Strong's KJV usage: fierce, × great, heat.
Strong's first: Exodus 11:8Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 25:10
Open full H2750 profile →kâbad · kaw-bad'
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Strong's KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Strong's first: Numbers 22:17Strong's last: Numbers 24:11
Open full H3513 profile →pachad · pakh'-ad
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
Strong's KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Strong's first: Psalms 14:5Strong's last: Psalms 53:5
Open full H6343 profile →saggîyʼ · sag-ghee'
large (in size, quantity or number, also adverbial)
Strong's KJV usage: exceeding, great(-ly); many, much, sore, very.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:6Strong's last: Daniel 4:10
Open full H7690 profile →theós · theh'-os
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
Strong's KJV usage: :--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Strong's first: Revelation 16:14Strong's last: Revelation 16:14
Open full G2316 profile →makrán · mak-ran'
at a distance (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
Strong's first: Luke 15:20Strong's last: Luke 15:20
Open full G3112 profile →megalýnō · meg-al-oo'-no
to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol
Strong's KJV usage: :--enlarge, magnify, shew great.
Strong's first: Luke 1:58Strong's last: Luke 1:58
Open full G3170 profile →megistânes · meg-is-tan'-es
grandees
Strong's KJV usage: :--great men, lords.
Strong's first: Revelation 6:15Strong's last: Revelation 6:15
Open full G3175 profile →mégistos · meg'-is-tos
greatest or very great
Strong's KJV usage: :--exceeding great.
Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:4Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:4
Open full G3176 profile →pálai · pal'-ahee
(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient
Strong's KJV usage: :--any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past.
Strong's first: Luke 10:13Strong's last: Luke 10:13
Open full G3819 profile →pámpolys · pam-pol-ooce
full many, i.e. immense
Strong's KJV usage: :--very great.
Strong's first: Mark 8:1Strong's last: Mark 8:1
Open full G3827 profile →pēlíkos · pay-lee'-kos
how much (as an indefinite), i.e. in size or (figuratively) dignity
Strong's KJV usage: :--how great (large).
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:4Strong's last: Hebrews 7:4
Open full G4080 profile →pleîstos · plice'-tos
the largest number or very large
Strong's KJV usage: :--very great, most.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:8Strong's last: Matthew 21:8
Open full G4118 profile →polýtimos · pol-oot'-ee-mos
extremely valuable
Strong's KJV usage: :--very costly, of great price.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:46Strong's last: Matthew 13:46
Open full G4186 profile →pórrhō · por'-rho
forwards, i.e. at a distance
Strong's KJV usage: :--far, a great way off.
Strong's first: Luke 14:32Strong's last: Luke 14:32
Open full G4206 profile →pósos · pos'-os
interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
Strong's KJV usage: :--how great (long, many), what.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:23Strong's last: Matthew 6:23
Open full G4214 profile →ʼêl · ale
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Strong's KJV usage: God (god), × goodly, × great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
Strong's first: Psalms 36:6Strong's last: Psalms 36:6
Open full H410 profile →ʼatstsîyl · ats-tseel'
a joint of the hand (i.e. knuckle); also (according to some) a party-wall (Ezekiel 41:8)
Strong's KJV usage: (arm) hole, great.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 41:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 41:8
Open full H679 profile →baʻal · bah'-al
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Strong's KJV usage: archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.
Strong's first: Proverbs 18:9Strong's last: Proverbs 18:9
Open full H1167 profile →bâqâr · baw-kawr'
a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Strong's KJV usage: beeve, bull ( -ock), calf, cow, great (cattle), heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 2:7Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 2:7
Open full H1241 profile →gârôl · gaw-role'
harsh
Strong's KJV usage: man of great (as in the margin which reads 1419).
Strong's first: Proverbs 19:19Strong's last: Proverbs 19:19
Open full H1632 profile →hâreh · haw-reh'
pregnant
Strong's KJV usage: (be, woman) with child, conceive, × great.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 20:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 20:17
Open full H2030 profile →zânâh · zaw-naw'
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Strong's first: Hosea 1:2Strong's last: Hosea 1:2
Open full H2181 profile →chad · khad
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
Strong's KJV usage: a, first, one, together.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:31Strong's last: Daniel 2:31
Open full H2298 profile →chûwl · khool
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Strong's KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 30:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 30:16
Open full H2342 profile →kôbed · ko'-bed
weight, multitude, vehemence
Strong's KJV usage: grievousness, heavy, great number.
Strong's first: Nahum 3:3Strong's last: Nahum 3:3
Open full H3514 profile →mâṭar · maw-tawr'
rain
Strong's KJV usage: rain.
Strong's first: Job 37:6Strong's last: Job 37:6
Open full H4306 profile →marbeh · mar-beh'
properly, increasing; as noun, greatness, or (adverbially) greatly
Strong's KJV usage: great, increase.
Strong's first: Isaiah 33:23Strong's last: Isaiah 33:23
Open full H4766 profile →ʻâtsûwm · aw-tsoom'
powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
Strong's KJV usage: feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
Strong's first: Numbers 32:1Strong's last: Numbers 32:1
Open full H6099 profile →ʻâtsam · aw-tsam'
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
Strong's KJV usage: break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
Strong's first: Psalms 139:17Strong's last: Psalms 139:17
Open full H6105 profile →ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 26:25Strong's last: 1 Samuel 26:25
Open full H6213 profile →raʻ · rah
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Strong's KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Strong's first: Hosea 10:15Strong's last: Hosea 10:15
Open full H7451 profile →saggîyʼ · sag-ghee'
(superlatively) mighty
Strong's KJV usage: excellent, great.
Strong's first: Job 36:26Strong's last: Job 36:26
Open full H7689 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
And there was great joy in that city.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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GREAT, adjective [Latin crassus.]
1. Large in bulk or dimensions; a term of comparison, denoting more magnitude or extension than something else, or beyond what is usual; as a great body; a great house; a great farm.
2. Being of extended length or breadth; as a great distance; a great lake.
3. Large in number; as a great many; a great multitude.
4. Expressing a large, extensive or unusual degree of any thing; as great fear; great love; great strength; great wealth; great power; great influence; great folly.
5. Long continued; as a great while.
6. Important; weighty; as a great argument; a great truth; a great event; a thing of no great consequence; it is no great matter.
7. Chief; principal; as the great seal of England.
8. Chief; of vast power and excellence; supreme; illustrious; as the great God; the great Creator.
9. Vast; extensive; wonderful; admirable.
GREAT are thy works. Jehovah.
10. Possessing large or strong powers of mind; as a great genius.
11. Having made extensive or unusual acquisitions of science or knowledge; as a great philosopher or botanist; a great scholar.
12. Distinguished by rank, office or power; elevated; eminent; as a great lord; the great men of the nation; the great Mogul; Alexander the great
13. Dignified in aspect, mien or manner.
Amidst the crowd she walks serenely great
14. Magnanimous; generous; of elevated sentiments; high-minded. He has a great soul.
15. Rich; sumptuous; magnificent. He disdained not to appear at great tables. A great feast or entertainment.
16. Vast; sublime; as a great conception or idea.
17. Dignified; noble.
Nothing can be great which is not right.
18. Swelling; proud; as, he was not disheartened by great looks.
19. Chief; principal; much traveled; as a great road. The ocean is called the great highway of nations.
20. Pregnant; teeming; as great with young.
21. Hard; difficult. It is no great matter to live in peace with meek people.
22. Familiar; intimate. [Vulgar.]
23. Distinguished by extraordinary events, or unusual importance. Jude 1:6.
24. Denoting a degree of consanguinity, in the ascending or descending line, as great grandfather, the father of a grandfather; great great grandfather, the father of a great grandfather, and so on indefinitely; and great grandson, great great grandson. etc.
25. Superior; preeminent; as great chamberlain; great marshal.
The sense of great is to be understood by the things it is intended to qualify. great pain or wrath is violent pain or wrath; great love is ardent love; great peace is entire peace; a great name is extensive renown; a great evil or sin, is a sin of deep malignity, etc.
GREAT, noun The whole; the gross; the lump or mass; as, a carpenter contracts to build a ship by the great
1. People of rank or distinction. The poor envy the great and the great despise the poor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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