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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3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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Genesis
55 verses
Exodus
11 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Deuteronomy
66 verses
Joshua
11 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
22 verses
1 Chronicles
21 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Esther
21 verses
Job
11 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
44 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Haggai
11 verses
Matthew
87 verses
Mark
33 verses
Luke
76 verses
John
1312 verses
Acts
11 verses
1 Corinthians
22 verses
Hebrews
44 verses
James
11 verses
2 Peter
11 verses
1 John
33 verses
3 John
11 verses
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.
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
19 times translated as this KJV form525 total Strong's occurrences
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: Ezekiel 43:14
Open full H1419 profile →μείζων
meízōn · mide'-zone
17 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
Strong's KJV usage: :--elder, greater(-est), more.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:11Strong's last: 1 John 5:9
Open full G3187 profile →μέγας
mégas · meg'-as
14 times translated as this KJV form210 total Strong's occurrences
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 23:19Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:11
Open full G3173 profile →πλείων
pleíōn · pli-own
5 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
Strong's KJV usage: :--X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:41Strong's last: Acts 15:28
Open full G4119 profile →גָּדַל
gâdal · gaw-dal'
5 times translated as this KJV form118 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 41:40Strong's last: Lamentations 4:6
Open full H1431 profile →רַב
rab · rab
4 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences
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: Deuteronomy 7:1Strong's last: Amos 6:2
Open full H7227 profile →περισσός
perissós · per-is-sos'
3 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence
Strong's KJV usage: :--exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement(-ly).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:14Strong's last: Luke 20:47
Open full G4053 profile →רָבָה
râbâh · raw-baw'
2 times translated as this KJV form227 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 14:30Strong's last: Job 33:12
Open full H7235 profile →μειζότερος
meizóteros · mide-zot'-er-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
still larger (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--greater.
Strong's first: 3 John 1:4Strong's last: 3 John 1:4
Open full G3186 profile →הָלַךְ
hâlak · haw-lak'
1 times translated as this KJV form497 total Strong's occurrences
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 11:9Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 11:9
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H1419
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.
H1419
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
H1419
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
H1431
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
H1431
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
H1419
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
H1419
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
H1419
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
H1419
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
H7227
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
H1419
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
H7227
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
H1419
Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
H1419
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
H7235
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
H1419
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
H1419
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
H1431
As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
H1431
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
H1980
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
H1419
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
H1419
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
no direct Strong's tag
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
H1419
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
H7235
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
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