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'Great' in the Bible

And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.

Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured.

Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine.

Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus)

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

and her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life,

But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

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

Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.

Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain, a great crowd came to meet Him;

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

"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

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

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.

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

They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.

The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

There were also a great number of other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.

So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

And Saul fully approved of his murder. At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria.

And there was great joy in that city.

To him people of all classes paid attention, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the great Power."

Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed.

"Lord," answered Ananias, "I have heard about that man from many, and I have heard of the great mischief he has done to Thy people in Jerusalem;

one of whom, named Agabus, being instructed by the Spirit, publicly predicted the speedy coming of a great famine throughout the world. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)

The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the people great during their stay in Egypt, until with wondrous power He brought them out from that land.

At Iconium the Apostles went together to the Jewish synagogue and preached, with the result that a great number both of Jews and Greeks believed.

So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.

Then they brought them before the praetors. "These men," they said, "are creating a great disturbance in our city.

Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.

Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, a man of great learning and well versed in the Scriptures.

There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ.

There is danger, therefore, not only that this our trade will become of no account, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will fall into utter disrepute, and that before long she will be actually deposed from her majestic rank--she who is now worshipped by the whole province of Asia; nay, by the whole world."

After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!"

No sooner, however, did they see that he was a Jew, than there arose from them all one roar of shouting, lasting about two hours. "Great is the Ephesian Diana," they said.

At length the Recorder quieted them down. "Men of Ephesus," he said, "who is there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

So there arose a great uproar; and some of the Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees sprang to their feet and fiercely contended, saying, "We find no harm in the man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel----!"

As Paul thus made his defence, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, "You are raving mad, Paul; and great learning is driving you mad."

Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat;

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;

There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.

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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