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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μεγαλωσύνηG3172
Pronunciationmegalōsýnē
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 ItMajesty3×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 rowHebrews 1:3
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Hebrews2Jude1
Source forms
Μεγαλωσύνης2xMegalōsynēsHebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1
μεγαλωσύνη1xmegalōsynēJude 1:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xHebrews 1:3, Hebrews 8:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xJude 1:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine majesty or supreme greatness; God's transcendent power and glory made visible or manifest.
Strong'sG3172
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
majesty
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 1:3Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μεγαλωσύνηςmegalwsunhv
majesty
Read verseHebrews 8:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μεγαλωσύνηςmegalwsunhv
majesty
Read verseJude 1:25Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineJude 1:251×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 1:3 · Heb 8:12×
Word Origins
μεγαλωσύνη is built from this root: