What does πυρετός · μέγας mean in the Bible?
πυρετός · μέγας is a Greek phrase meaning "great or severe fever".
Greek · G4446, G3173
πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ
Fever · big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
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πυρετός G4446 fever
Pronunciation pyretós
Acute bodily heat illness causing weakness; used in NT to demonstrate Jesus' healing power over physical disease.
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μέγας G3173 big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Pronunciation mégas
Describes size, intensity, rank, or importance—applies broadly across physical, moral, and spiritual dimensions
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What does πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ (pyretō megalō) mean in the Bible?
πυρετός · μέγας is a Greek phrase meaning "great or severe fever".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4446, G3173?
G4446, G3173 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. great or severe fever
Source Gloss
great or severe fever
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:15 · Mark 1:31 · John 4:52 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:38 · Luke 4:39 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 28:8 1×
Word Origins
πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ 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