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Great

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962exact KJV occurrences 708Old Testament 254New Testament 57books containing the word 54mapped Strong's IDs 856occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 21:12

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where great appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1419
גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl · gaw-dole'

397 times translated as this KJV form525 total Strong's occurrences

a n-pr-m

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

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HebrewH7227
רַב

rab · rab

118 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

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

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GreekG4183
πολύς

polýs · pol-oos'

58 times translated as this KJV form365 total Strong's occurrences

(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

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HebrewH1431
גָּדַל

gâdal · gaw-dal'

26 times translated as this KJV form118 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH3966
מְאֹד

mᵉʼôd · meh-ode'

12 times translated as this KJV form286 total Strong's occurrences

a

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

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HebrewH7230
רֹב

rôb · robe

9 times translated as this KJV form154 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

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HebrewH7235
רָבָה

râbâh · raw-baw'

8 times translated as this KJV form227 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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AramaicH7260
רַבְרַב

rabrab · rab-rab'

6 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences

a

huge (in size); domineering (in character)

Strong's KJV usage: (very) great (things).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Daniel 2:48Strong's last: Daniel 7:17

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GreekG5118
τοσοῦτος

tosoûtos · tos-oo'-tos

5 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG3745
ὅσος

hósos · hos'-os

3 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG5082
τηλικοῦτος

tēlikoûtos · tay-lik-oo'-tos

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

such as this, i.e. (in (figurative) magnitude) so vast

Strong's KJV usage: :--so great, so mighty.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:10Strong's last: James 3:4

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GreekG2245
ἡλίκος

hēlíkos · hay-lee'-kos

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH430
אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym · el-o-heem'

2 times translated as this KJV form2,604 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

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AramaicH1560
גְּלָל

gᵉlâl · ghel-awl'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a

weight or size (as if rolled)

Strong's KJV usage: great.

Strong's first: Ezra 5:8Strong's last: Ezra 6:4

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HebrewH3513
כָּבַד

kâbad · kaw-bad'

2 times translated as this KJV form121 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG3176
μέγιστος

mégistos · meg'-is-tos

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

greatest or very great

Strong's KJV usage: :--exceeding great.

Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:4Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:4

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GreekG3827
πάμπολυς

pámpolys · pam-pol-ooce

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

full many, i.e. immense

Strong's KJV usage: :--very great.

Strong's first: Mark 8:1Strong's last: Mark 8:1

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GreekG4080
πηλίκος

pēlíkos · pay-lee'-kos

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

how much (as an indefinite), i.e. in size or (figuratively) dignity

Strong's KJV usage: :--how great (large).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Hebrews 7:4Strong's last: Hebrews 7:4

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GreekG4118
πλεῖστος

pleîstos · plice'-tos

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

the largest number or very large

Strong's KJV usage: :--very great, most.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 21:8Strong's last: Matthew 21:8

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HebrewH679
אַצִּיל

ʼatstsîyl · ats-tseel'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 41:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 41:8

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HebrewH1167
בַּעַל

baʻal · bah'-al

1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

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HebrewH1632
גָּרֹל

gârôl · gaw-role'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a

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

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HebrewH2181
זָנָה

zânâh · zaw-naw'

1 times translated as this KJV form92 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH2342
חוּל

chûwl · khool

1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH4766
מַרְבֶה

marbeh · mar-beh'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, increasing; as noun, greatness, or (adverbially) greatly

Strong's KJV usage: great, increase.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 33:23Strong's last: Isaiah 33:23

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HebrewH6105
עָצַם

ʻâtsam · aw-tsam'

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH6213
עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh · aw-saw'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH7451
רַע

raʻ · rah

1 times translated as this KJV form657 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m n-f

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

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HebrewH7689
שַׂגִּיא

saggîyʼ · sag-ghee'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a

(superlatively) mighty

Strong's KJV usage: excellent, great.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 36:26Strong's last: Job 36:26

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Revelation 1:10
G3173

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Revelation 2:22
G3173

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

Revelation 6:4
G3173

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

Revelation 6:12
G3173

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Revelation 6:15
G3175

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

Revelation 6:17
G3173

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 7:9
G4183

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Revelation 7:14
G3173

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 8:8
G3173

And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

Revelation 8:10
G3173

And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

Revelation 9:2
G3173

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Revelation 9:14
G3173

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

Revelation 11:8
G3173

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Revelation 11:11
G3173

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

Revelation 11:12
G3173

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

Revelation 11:13
G3173

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 11:15
G3173

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Revelation 11:17
G3173

Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Revelation 11:18
G3173

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Revelation 11:19
G3173

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 12:1
G3173

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

Revelation 12:3
G3173

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Revelation 12:9
G3173

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:12
G3173

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Revelation 12:14
G3173

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

great

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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