Lexicon megalunó: to make or declare great Original Word: μεγαλύνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: megalunó Phonetic Spelling: (meg-al-oo'-no) Short Definition: I enlarge, magnify, extol Definition: (a) I enlarge, lengthen, (b) I increase, magnify, extol. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom megasDefinitionto make or declare great NASB Translationdisplayed...great (1), enlarged (1), exalted (1), exalting (1), exalts (1), held...in high esteem (1), high esteem (1), lengthen (1), magnified (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3170: μεγαλύνωμεγαλύνω; imperfect ἐμεγαλυνον; passive (imperfect 3 person singular ἐμεγαλύνετο); 1 aorist infinitive μεγαλυνθῆναι; 1 future μεγαλυνθήσομαι; ( μέγας); from ( Aeschylus and) Thucydides down; the Sept. mostly for הִגְדִּיל; 1. to make great, magnify (Vulg.magnifico): τινα or τί, properly, of dimension, Matthew 23:5 (here A. V. enlarge); passive to increase: of bodily stature, ἐμεγαλύνθη τό παιδάριον, 1 Samuel 2:21; so in a figure, 2 Corinthians 10:15, of Paul, that his apostolic efficiency among the Corinthians may increase more and more and have more abundant results (others refer this to 2; see Meyer (edited by Heinrici) in the place cited). metaphorically, to make conspicious: Luke 1:58 (on which see ἔλεος, 2 a.). 2. to deem or declare great, i. e. to esteem highly, to extol, laud, celebrate: Luke 1:16; Acts 5:13; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:17. (often so in classical Greek also); passive equivalent to to get glory and praise: ἐν τίνι, in a thing, Philippians 1:20.
Strong's enlarge, magnify, exalt From megas; to make (or declare) great, i.e. Increase or (figuratively) extol -- enlarge, magnify, shew great. see GREEK megas |
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