Strong's Greek · G3173
μέγας
mégas
(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years
Definition
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Derivation
(including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also G3176 (μέγιστος), G3187 (μείζων));
Appears 243 times in Scripture
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.”
““You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.”
“Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.”
“Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”
“The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!””
“So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
“But I tell you that One greater than the temple is here.”
“the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.””
“or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).