What does μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē) mean in the Bible?
μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē): Divine majesty or supreme greatness; God's transcendent power and glory made visible or manifest.
Greek · G3172
μεγαλωσύνη
Majesty
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μεγαλωσύνη G3172
Pronunciation megalōsýnē
What does μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē) mean in the Bible?
μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē): Divine majesty or supreme greatness; God's transcendent power and glory made visible or manifest.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3172?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Majesty (3).
Where does μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 1:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Majesty 3× Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1, Jude 1:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 1:3
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Hebrews 2 Jude 1
Source forms
Μεγαλωσύνης 2x Megalōsynēs Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1
μεγαλωσύνη 1x megalōsynē Jude 1:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Jude 1:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine majesty or supreme greatness; God's transcendent power and glory made visible or manifest.
Strong's G3172
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
majesty
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Divine majesty or supreme greatness; God's transcendent power and glory made visible or manifest.
(μέγας) [in LXX chiefly for גְּדוּלָה and cogn. forms, 2Ki.7:23, Psa.145:3, al. ;] greatness, majesty: Heb.1:3 8:1, Ju 25 (elsewhere Eccl. only).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 1:3 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μεγαλωσύνης megalwsunhv
majesty
Read verse Hebrews 8:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μεγαλωσύνης megalwsunhv
majesty
Read verse Jude 1:25 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
μεγαλωσύνη, megalwsunh
majesty
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jude 1:25 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 1:3 · Heb 8:1 2×
Word Origins
μεγαλωσύνη is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain