'Great' in the Bible

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.

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},

"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?

“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefootAnd makes fools of judges.

He makes nations great, then destroys them;He enlarges nations, then leads them away.

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace;In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

{At night I am in great pain}; my pains do not take a rest.

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.