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==References == | <div> '''1: μέγας ''' (Strong'S #3173 Adjective megas meg'-as ) </div> <p> for which see Great , No. 1, is translated "the greatest," in Acts 8:10; Hebrews 8:11 . The whole phrase, lit., "from small to great," is equivalent to the Eng. idiom "one and all." It is used in the Sept., e.g., in 1 Samuel 5:9 : "God smote the people of [[Gath]] from the least to the greatest," ("both small and great"). So 1 Samuel 30:19; 2 Chronicles 34:30 , etc. See Great. </p> <div> '''2: μείζων ''' (Strong'S #3187 Adjective meizon mide'-zone ) </div> <p> the comparative of No. 1, is sometimes translated "greatest;" besides the two cases given under [[Greater,]] No. 1, where the [[Rv]] corrects the [[Av,]] "greatest" to "greater" ( Matthew 13:32; Luke 22:26 ), the [[Rv]] itself has "greatest" for this comparative in the following, and relegates "greater" to the margin, Matthew 18:1,4; 23:11; Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46; 22:24 . See [[Greater]] , More. </p> | ||
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for which see Great , No. 1, is translated "the greatest," in Acts 8:10; Hebrews 8:11 . The whole phrase, lit., "from small to great," is equivalent to the Eng. idiom "one and all." It is used in the Sept., e.g., in 1 Samuel 5:9 : "God smote the people of Gath from the least to the greatest," ("both small and great"). So 1 Samuel 30:19; 2 Chronicles 34:30 , etc. See Great.
the comparative of No. 1, is sometimes translated "greatest;" besides the two cases given under Greater, No. 1, where the Rv corrects the Av, "greatest" to "greater" ( Matthew 13:32; Luke 22:26 ), the Rv itself has "greatest" for this comparative in the following, and relegates "greater" to the margin, Matthew 18:1,4; 23:11; Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46; 22:24 . See Greater , More.
