88 occurrences in 13 translations

'Great' in the Bible

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice,

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

Now as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger.

"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountain. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then [his master,] the head of the household, became angry [at the rejections of his invitation] and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and the lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.’

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

But first he must suffer a great deal and be rejected by those living today.

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.

And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

מרבּית 
Marbiyth 
Usage: 5

רברב 
Rabrab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

ἐπιποθέω 
Epipotheo 
Usage: 9

ἡλίκος 
helikos 
Usage: 2

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

אצּיל 
'atstsiyl 
Usage: 3

אשׁם אשׁם 
'asham 
Usage: 35

בּהן 
Bohen 
Usage: 16

בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 183

בּשׁת 
Bosheth 
Usage: 30

גּבר 
Gabar 
Usage: 25

גּדוּלּה גּדלּה גּדוּלה 
G@duwlah 
Usage: 12

גּדל 
Gadal 
magnify , great , grow , nourish up , grow up , greater ,
Usage: 115

גּדל 
Gadel 
Usage: 4

גּדל 
Godel 
Usage: 13

גּלל 
G@lal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

גּרלo 
Garol 
Usage: 0

זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

חנף 
Chaneph 
Usage: 11

חרי 
Choriy 
Usage: 6

ינשׁוף ינשׁוּף 
Yanshuwph 
Usage: 3

כּבד כּבד 
Kabad 
Usage: 114

כּבד 
Kobed 
Usage: 4

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

לבאות לבאים לביּא לביא 
Labiy' 
Usage: 14

מאד 
M@`od 
Usage: 300

מה 
Mah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

מטר 
Matar 
Usage: 38

מרבה 
Marbeh 
Usage: 2

נאץ 
Na'ats 
Usage: 25

נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 16

עוּל 
`uwl 
Usage: 5

עצם עצוּם 
`atsuwm 
Usage: 31

עצם 
`atsam 
Usage: 20

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

קפּוז 
Qippowz 
Usage: 1

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

רב 
Rab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 15

רב 
Rob 
Usage: 153

רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

רבה 
R@bah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

רבוּ 
R@buw (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

שׂגּיא 
Saggiy' 
Usage: 2

שׂגּיא 
Saggiy' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

שׂישׂ שׂוּשׂ 
Suws 
Usage: 27

שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ שׁלישׁo 
Shaliysh 
Usage: 20

G21
ἀγαλλιάω 
Agalliao 
Usage: 8

ἀνάθεμα 
Anathema 
Usage: 6

ἀναθεματίζω 
Anathematizo 
Usage: 4

δυνάστης 
Dunastes 
Usage: 3

ἐκθαμβέω 
Ekthambeo 
Usage: 4

ἔννυχον 
Ennuchon 
Usage: 1

ἐπιποθία 
Epipothia 
Usage: 1

Ἡρώδης 
herodes 
Usage: 43

θρόμβος 
Thrombos 
Usage: 1

λίαν 
Lian 
Usage: 14

μακράν 
Makran 
Usage: 7

μεγαλαυχέω 
megalaucheo 
Usage: 1

μεγαλεῖος 
megaleios 
Usage: 2

μεγαλύνω 
megaluno 
Usage: 7

μεγάλως 
megalos 
Usage: 1

μέγας 
megas 
great , loud ,
Usage: 167

μέγεθος 
megethos 
Usage: 1

μεγιστᾶνες 
megistanes 
Usage: 2

μέγιστος 
megistos 
Usage: 1

μειζότερος 
meizoteros 
Usage: 1

μείζων 
meizon 
Usage: 19

ὅσος 
Hosos 
Usage: 76

πάλαι 
Palai 
long ago , any while , a great while ago , old , in time past , of old
Usage: 4

πάμπολυς 
Pampolus 
Usage: 1

περισσότερον 
Perissoteron 
Usage: 4

πηλίκος 
Pelikos 
Usage: 2

πλεῖστος 
Pleistos 
Usage: 3

πλείων πλεῖον πλέον 
Pleion 
more , many , greater , further Trans , most , more part , not tr ,
Usage: 40

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
many , much , great ,
Usage: 292

πολυτελής 
Poluteles 
Usage: 3

πολύτιμος 
Polutimos 
Usage: 1

πόῤῥω 
Porrho 
Usage: 0

πόσος 
Posos 
Usage: 9

ῥοιζηδόν 
Rhoizedon 
with a great noise
Usage: 1

σφόδρα 
Sphodra 
Usage: 10

τηλικοῦτοςτηλικαύτη 
Telikoutos 
so great , so mighty
Usage: 4

τοσοῦτος 
Tosoutos 
so much , so great , so many , so long , as large , these many , so many things
Usage: 17

ὑπέρογκος 
Huperogkos 
Usage: 2

χαρά 
Chara 
Usage: 44

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