Strong's Concordance
megalunó: to make or declare great
Original Word: μεγαλύνωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: megalunó
Phonetic Spelling: (meg-al-oo'-no)
Definition: to make or declare great
Usage: (a) I enlarge, lengthen, (b) I increase, magnify, extol.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
megasDefinitionto make or declare great
NASB Translationdisplayed...great (1), enlarged (1), exalted (1), exalting (1), exalts (1), held...in high esteem (1), high esteem (1), lengthen (1), magnified (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3170: μεγαλύνωμεγαλύνω; imperfect
ἐμεγαλυνον; passive (imperfect 3 person singular
ἐμεγαλύνετο); 1 aorist infinitive
μεγαλυνθῆναι; 1 future
μεγαλυνθήσομαι; (
μέγας); from (
Aeschylus and)
Thucydides down; the
Sept. mostly for
הִגְדִּיל;
1. to make great, magnify (Vulg.magnifico): τινα or τί, properly, of dimension, Matthew 23:5 (here A. V. enlarge); passive to increase: of bodily stature, ἐμεγαλύνθη τό παιδάριον, 1 Samuel 2:21; so in a figure, 2 Corinthians 10:15, of Paul, that his apostolic efficiency among the Corinthians may increase more and more and have more abundant results (others refer this to 2; see Meyer (edited by Heinrici) in the place cited). metaphorically, to make conspicious: Luke 1:58 (on which see ἔλεος, 2 a.).
2. to deem or declare great, i. e. to esteem highly, to extol, laud, celebrate: Luke 1:16; Acts 5:13; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:17. (often so in classical Greek also); passive equivalent to to get glory and praise: ἐν τίνι, in a thing, Philippians 1:20.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
enlarge, magnify, exaltFrom megas; to make (or declare) great, i.e. Increase or (figuratively) extol -- enlarge, magnify, shew great.
see GREEK megas
Forms and Transliterations
εμεγάλυνα εμεγάλυνας εμεγάλυνε εμεγαλυνεν εμεγάλυνεν ἐμεγάλυνεν εμεγαλυνετο εμεγαλύνετο ἐμεγαλύνετο εμεγαλύνθη εμεγαλύνθην εμεγαλύνθης εμεγαλύνθησαν εμεγαλύνοντο μεγαλύναι μεγαλύνατε Μεγαλυνει Μεγαλύνει μεγαλύνεσθε μεγαλύνη μεγαλύνηται μεγαλυνθείη μεγαλυνθέν μεγαλυνθηναι μεγαλυνθήναι μεγαλυνθῆναι μεγαλυνθησεται μεγαλυνθήσεται μεγαλυνθήσομαι μεγαλυνθησόμεθα μεγαλυνθήτω μεγαλυνόμενος μεγαλύνονται μεγαλυνοντων μεγαλυνόντων μεγαλυνούμεν μεγαλυνουσι μεγαλύνουσι μεγαλύνουσιν μεγαλυνώ μεγαλύνων μεγαλώματος μεμεγάλυνται emegalunen emegaluneto emegalynen emegálynen emegalyneto emegalýneto Megalunei megalunonton megalunontōn megalunousin megalunthenai megalunthēnai megalunthesetai megalunthēsetai Megalynei Megalýnei megalynonton megalynontōn megalynónton megalynóntōn megalynousin megalýnousin megalynthenai megalynthênai megalynthēnai megalynthē̂nai megalynthesetai megalynthēsetai megalynthḗsetaiLinks
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