Words the Bible translates as great
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- polusπολύςlarge in number or amount: many, much, great
- megasμέγαςgreat: far above the ordinary measure of its kind, whether in size, force, amount, or importance
- gadolגָּדוֹלgreat: large in size, high in degree, or high in rank, depending on what it describes
- ravרַבgreat, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
+2 more meanings
- many, numerous: large in number or amount
- chief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
- hikanosἱκανόςreaching the needed measure: enough, in amount, for a need, or for a role
- kavedכָּבֵדheavy: carrying great weight, and by extension anything large, severe, or hard to bear
- addirאַדִּירpossessing overwhelming, awe-commanding power; mighty and majestic enough to master every rival
- ravavרָבַבto be or become many: to grow large in number or quantity, and so to be abundant or great.
- ravרַבgreat: large in size or scale, or high in rank and majesty
+1 more meaning
- chief: the officer who heads a whole body of royal servants, from bodyguards to court advisers
- saggiשַׂגִּיאmuch, many, great: a lot of something, measuring how much there is rather than how high it ranks
- kabbirכַּבִּירmighty, or a great deal of something: great by sheer mass, whether in overpowering force or in plain amount
- ravravרַבְרַבgreat: outsized in bulk, in worth, or in the swagger of what is said
- gelalגְּלָלgreatnot studied yet
- yarevיָרֵב`great`not studied yet
- saggiשַׂגִּיאgreatnot studied yet
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