'Greatest' in the Bible

Hebron’s name used to be Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. After this, the land had rest from war.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.

These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.

At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

Then I will come to the altar of God,to God, my greatest joy.I will praise You with the lyre,God, my God.

I will also make him My firstborn,greatest of the kings of the earth.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouthif I do not remember you,if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

For from the least to the greatest of them,everyone is making profit dishonestly.From prophet to priest,everyone deals falsely.

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,their fields to new occupants,for from the least to the greatest,everyone is making profit dishonestly.From prophet to priest,everyone deals falsely.

No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sin.”

Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

And I will take away the remnant of Judah, those who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to live there for a while; they will meet their end. All of them in the land of Egypt will fall by the sword; they will meet their end by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword and by famine. Then they will become an object of cursing, scorn, execration, and disgrace.

The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.

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

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child—this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

This is the greatest and most important command.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

Then an argument started among them about who would be the greatest of them.

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”

Now these three remain:faith, hope, and love.But the greatest of these is love.

And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”because they will all know Me,from the least to the greatest of them.