1 Chronicles 12:14
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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Hebrews 8:11
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
9 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: 1 Chronicles 12:14Strong's last: Jonah 3:5
Open full H1419 profile →μείζων
meízōn · mide'-zone
8 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 18:1Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 13:13
Open full G3187 profile →μέγας
mégas · meg'-as
3 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 13:32Strong's last: Hebrews 8:11
Open full G3173 profile →מַרְבִּית
marbîyth · mar-beeth'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a multitude; also offspring; specifically interest (on capital)
Strong's KJV usage: greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:29Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 12:29
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H1419
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
H4768
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
H1419
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
H1419
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
H1419
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
H1419
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
H1419
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
H1419
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
H1419
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
H1419
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
G3173
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
G3187
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
G3187
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
G3187
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
G3187
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
G3187
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
G3187
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
G3187
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
G3173
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
G3187
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
G3173
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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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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