'Greatest' in the Bible

Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.

These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.

Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

The king went up to the house of the Lord and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.

When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,Everyone is greedy for gain,And from the prophet even to the priestEveryone deals falsely.

“Therefore I will give their wives to others,Their fields to new owners;Because from the least even to the greatestEveryone is greedy for gain;From the prophet even to the priestEveryone practices deceit.

They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

An argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.”

But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

“And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’For all will know Me,From the least to the greatest of them.