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1.
(
&
, 3187) is the comparative degree of
(see
GREAT
, No. 1),
e.g., Matt. 11:11; in Matt. 13:32, the
RV
rightly has “greater than” (
KJV
, “the greatest
among”); 23:17; in Luke 22:26,
RV
, “the greater (among you)” (
KJV
, “greatest”); in Jas.
3:1,
RV
, “the heavier (marg., greater) judgment” (
KJV
, “the greater condemnation”); it is
used in the neuter plural in John 1:50, “greater things”; in 14:12, “greater works” (lit.,
“greater things”); in 1 Cor. 12:31,
RV
, “the greater,”
KJV
, “the best”. See
GREATEST
, No.
2.
Note:
In Matt. 20:31, the neuter of
, used as an adverb, is translated “the
more.” See
MORE
.
2.
(
$
, 3186), a double comparative of
(cf. No. 1, above),
is used in 3 John 4, of joy.¶
3.
(
&
, 4119), the comparative of
$
(see
GREAT
, No. 2), is used (a) as
an adjective, “greater, more,” e.g., Acts 15:28; (b) as a noun, e.g., Matt. 12:41, “a greater
(than Jonah)”; v. 42, “a greater (than Solomon)”; in these instances the neuter
,
“something greater,” is “a fixed or stereotyped form” of the word; in 1 Cor. 15:6, “the
greater part” (masculine plural); (c) as an adverb, e.g., Matt. 5:20, lit., “(except your
righteousness abound) more greatly (than of scribes and Pharisees)”; so 26:53, “more”;
Luke 9:13. See
ABOVE
,
LONGER
,
MANY
,
MORE
,
MOST
,
YET
.
4.
(
$
$
, 4055), the comparative of
, “over and above,
abundant,” signifies “more abundant, greater,” e.g., of condemnation, Mark 12:40; Luke
20:47. See
ABUNDANT
, C, No. 2.
GREATEST
1.
(
!
, 3173), for which see
GREAT
, No. 1, is translated “the greatest,” in
Acts 8:10 and Heb. 8:11. The whole phrase, lit., “from small to great,” is equivalent to
the Eng. idiom “one and all.” It is used in the Sept., e.g., in 1 Sam. 5:9: “God smote the
people of Gath from the least to the greatest,” (“both small and great”). So 1 Sam. 30:19;
2 Chron. 34:30, etc. See
GREAT
.
2.
(
&
, 3187), the comparative of No. 1, is sometimes translated
“greatest”; besides the two cases given under
GREATER
, No. 1, where the
RV
corrects the
KJV
, “greatest” to “greater” (Matt. 13:32 and Luke 22:26), the
RV
itself has “greatest” for
this comparative in the following, and relegates “greater” to the margin Matt. 18:1, 4;
23:11; Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46; 22:24. See
GREATER
,
MORE
.
GREATLY
1.
(
&
, 3029), “very, exceedingly,” is rendered “greatly” in Matt. 27:14, of
wonder 2 Tim. 4:15, of opposition; 2 John 4 and 3 John 3, of joy. See
EXCEEDING
,
SORE
,
VERY
.
2.
$
(
"
, 4183) is used in the neuter singular (
$
) or the plural (
), as an
adverb; in the sing., e.g., Mark 12:27; in the plural, e.g., Mark 1:45, “much”; 5:23,
“greatly” (
RV
, “much”); v. 38,
KJV
and
RV
, “greatly”; 1 Cor. 16:12 (
RV
, much). See
LONG
,
MUCH
.
Note:
In Acts 28:6,
KJV
,
$
is rendered “a great while” (
RV
, “long”).