G3174: μέγεθος (mégethos)

G3174 μέγεθος (mégethos)

Greek

Quick Definition

μέγεθος, ους, τό n.n. greatness, vastness

Strong's Definition

from 3173; magnitude (figuratively)

KJV Usage: greatness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μέγεθος (G3174)

noun, n. | -ους | μεγαλύνω

78.2 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

great, greatly, greatness, to a great degree, intense, terrible the upper range of a scale of extent, with the possible implication of importance in relevant contexts In EPH 1:19 there are two expressions of degree, ὑπερβάλλον (treated in 78.33) and μέγεθος, which, though syntactically the head of the phrase, is semantically an expression of degree with δύναμις[b] ‘power’ (76.1).

EPH 1:19

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μέγεθος megethos 1x

greatness, vastness, Eph. 1:19*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μέγεθος, -ους, τό

(< μέγας), [in LXX chiefly for קוֹמָה;]

greatness: Eph 1:19 (cf. MM, xvi, s.v. μέγας).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μέγεθος, which in the NT is confined to Eph 119 in the general sense of ‘‘greatness,’’ is common in our sources as a ceremonial title, e g. P Oxy I. 71 ὁ (petition to the Prefect —A.D. 303) τὴν ἱκ[ετ]ηρίαν προσάγω εὔελπις Sy τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ σοῦ μεγέθους δικαιοκρισίας τυχεῖν, “1 make my petition to you with full confidence that I shall obtain justice from your highness’’ (Edd.), and 76. XII. 146718 (A.D. 263) where a woman, ‘‘ being blessed with children” and ‘‘able to write with the greatest ease,’’ claims from the Prefect the right to act without a guardian—8a τούτων pov τῶ[ν] βιβλειδίων προσφω (/. προσφωνῶ) τῷ σῷ μεγέθι πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι ἀνεμποδίστως ds ἐντεῦθεν ποιοῦμαι οἰκ[ον Ἰομία[ς] διαπράσσεσθαι, “1 appeal to your highness by this my application with the object of being enabled to carry out without hindrance all the business which I henceforth transact” (Edd.). The transition to this usage is seen in such a passage as P Tebt II. 3264 (c. a.D. 266) ἐπὶ τὸ σὸν μέγεθος καταφεύγω, “1 take refuge in your power”—a widow's petition to the Prefect asking that her brother might be appointed guardian of her daughter: cf. P Strass I. 5° (A.D. 262) κατέφυγον ἐπὶ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ λαμπροτάτου | Θεοδότου ἡγεμόνος. We may cite from the inscrr. OG/S 5105 (c. A.D, 245) περὶ ὧν ἁπάϊντων ἐγράφη πρὸς τὸ σόν͵] Σεβαστέ, μέγεθος, and C. and B. ii. p. 700, No. 6354 ἐνορκιζόμεθα δὲ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς καταχθονίους ϑαίμονας μηδένα ἀδικῆσαι τὸ μνημῖον, where Ramsay notes that the expression τ. μέγεθος τ. θεοῦ is not native Phrygian, and is probably due to Christian feeling or Jewish thought.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μέγεθος (megethos) — greatness. μέγεθος, Ionic dialect (not [Refs 5th c.BC+] μέγᾰθος [Refs 5th c.BC+], εος, τό: (μέγας):— greatness, magnitude, opposed to πλῆθος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always stature, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τ᾽ εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: then, generally, size, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, loudness, βοῆς μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος, ={μεγάλως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually, in size, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον.. τὸ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. frequently in dative, μεγέθει.. ἐκπρεπεστάτη in stature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοι[Refs]; σμικρός[Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. of quality and degree, greatness, magnitude, πόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; importance, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. might, power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. greatness, magnanimity, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.4. Rhet., loftiness, sublimity, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, sublime objects, [Refs]

III. in Mathematics texts, magnitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; extension, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: in plural, magnitudes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. Astron., magnitude, of stars, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

IV. Grammars, metrical length, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV.2. τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ. the recognized lengths of lines in a metre, [Refs 7th c.AD+]

V. τὸ μ. τινός, as title, his Highness, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ σὸν μ. [Refs]