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<div> '''1: μέγας ''' (Strong'S #3173 — Adjective — megas — meg'-as ) </div> <p> is used (a) of external from, size, measure, e.g., of a stone, &nbsp;Matthew 27:60; fish, &nbsp;John 21:11; (b) of degree and intensity, e.g., of fear, &nbsp;Mark 4:41; wind, &nbsp;John 6:18; &nbsp;Revelation 6:13 , RV, "great" (AV, "mighty"); of a circumstance, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 9:11; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:15; in &nbsp;Revelation 5:2,12 , the RV has "great" (AV, "loud"), of a voice; (c) of rank, whether of persons, e.g., God, &nbsp;Titus 2:13; Christ as a "great Priest," &nbsp;Hebrews 10:21 , RV; Diana, &nbsp;Acts 19:27; Simon Magus, &nbsp;Acts 8:9 "(some) great one;" in the plural, "great ones," &nbsp; Matthew 20:25; &nbsp;Mark 10:42 , those who hold positions of authority in gentile nations; or of things, e.g., a mystery, &nbsp;Ephesians 5:32 . Some mss. have it in &nbsp;Acts 8:8 , of joy (see No. 2). See also Note (2) below. See [[Greatest]] , High , [[Loud]] , [[Mighty]] , Strong. </p> <div> '''2: πολύς ''' (Strong'S #4183 — Adjective — polus — pol-oos' ) </div> <p> "much, many, great," is used of number, e.g., &nbsp;Luke 5:6; &nbsp;Acts 11:21; degree, e.g., of harvest, &nbsp;Matthew 9:37 [See Note (8)]; mercy, &nbsp; 1 Peter 1:3 , Rv , "great" (AV, "abundant"); glory, &nbsp;Matthew 24:30; joy, &nbsp;Philemon 1:7 , Rv , "much" (AV, "great"); peace, &nbsp;Acts 24:2 . The best mss. have it in &nbsp;Acts 8:8 (RV, "much"), of joy. See [[Abundant]] , [[Common]] , Note (1), Long , Many , Much , [[Oft]] , [[Sore]] , Straitly. </p> <div> '''3: ἱκανός ''' (Strong'S #2425 — Adjective — hikanos — hik-an-os' ) </div> <p> lit., "reaching to" (from hikano, "to reach"), denotes "sufficient, competent, fit," and is sometimes rendered "great," e.g., of number (of people), &nbsp;Mark 10:46; of degree (of light), &nbsp;Acts 22:6 . See [[Able]] , [[Enough]] , [[Good]] , Large , Long , Many , [[Meet]] , Much , [[Security]] , [[Sufficient]] , Worthy. </p> <div> '''4: ἡλίκος ''' (Strong'S #2245 — Adjective — helikos — hay-lee'-kos ) </div> <p> primarily denotes "as big as, as old as (akin to helikia, "an age"); then, as an indirect interrogation, "what, what size, how great, how small" (the context determines the meaning), said of a spiritual conflit, &nbsp;Colossians 2:1 , AV, "what great (conflict) I have;" RV, "how greatly (I strive);" of much wood as kindled by a little fire, &nbsp;James 3:5 (twice in the best mss.), "how much (wood is kindled by) how small (a fire)," RV, said metaphorically of the use of the tongue. Some mss. have No. 4 in &nbsp; Galatians 6:11; the most authentic have No. 5. </p> <div> '''5: πηλίκος ''' (Strong'S #4080 — pronoun — pelikos — pay-lee'-kos ) </div> <p> primarily a direct interrogative, "how large? how great?" is used in exclamations, indicating magnitude, like No. 4 (No. 6 indicates quantity), in &nbsp;Galatians 6:11 , of letter characters (see No. 4, Note); in &nbsp;Hebrews 7:4 , metaphorically, of the distinguished character of Melchizedek. </p> <div> '''6: πόσος ''' (Strong'S #4214 — pronoun — posos — pos'-os ) </div> <p> an adjective of number, magnitude, degree etc., is rendered "how great" in &nbsp;Matthew 6:23 . See Many , Much. </p> <div> '''7: ὅσος ''' (Strong'S #3745 — pronoun — hosos — hos'-os ) </div> <p> "how much, how many," is used in the neuter plural to signify how great things, &nbsp;Mark 5:19,20; &nbsp;Luke 8:39 (twice); &nbsp; Acts 9:16 , AV (RV, "how many things"); in &nbsp;Revelation 21:16 (in the best mss.), "as great as," RV (AV, "as large as," said of length). See [[All]] , Many , No. 5, WHATSOEVER. </p> <div> '''8: τοσοῦτος ''' (Strong'S #5118 — Adjective — tosoutos — tos-oo'-tos ) </div> <p> "so great, so many, so much," of quantity, size, etc., is rendered "so great," in &nbsp;Matthew 8:10; &nbsp;Luke 7:9 , of faith; &nbsp;Matthew 15:33 , of a multitude; &nbsp;Hebrews 12:1 , of a cloud of witnesses; &nbsp;Revelation 18:17 , of riches. See Large , Long , Many , Much. </p> <div> '''9: τηλικοῦτος ''' (Strong'S #5082 — pronoun — telikoutos — tay-lik-oo'-tos, <i> tay-lik-ow'-tay) </i> ) </div> <p> "so great," is used in the NT of things only, a death, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 1:10; salvation, &nbsp;Hebrews 2:3; ships, &nbsp;James 3:4; an earthquake, &nbsp;Revelation 16:18 , AV, "so mighty," corrected in the RV to "so great." See Mighty. </p> &nbsp;Mark 7:36&nbsp;Mark 10:48&nbsp;Mark 6:21&nbsp;Revelation 6:15&nbsp;18:23Prince.&nbsp; Luke 1:58&nbsp;Luke 10:13&nbsp;2 Peter 1:4&nbsp;Matthew 21:8&nbsp;Revelation 21:10&nbsp;Luke 10:2&nbsp;Mark 1:35[[Day]]&nbsp;Luke 1:49