Strong G3170μεγαλύνω
to magnify
- Transliteration
- megalunō
- Pronunciation
- meg-al-oo'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3173; to make (or declare) great that is increase or (figuratively) extol: - enlarge magnify shew great.
Detailed definition
μεγαλύνω
(μέγας) [in LXX chiefly for גָּדַל pi., hi.;]
1. to make great: Mat.23:5, Luk.1:58.
2. to declare great, extol, magnify: Luk.1:46, Act.5:13 10:46 19:17, 2Co.10:15; pass., before ἐν, Php.1:20.†
(AS)
(μέγας) [in LXX chiefly for גָּדַל pi., hi.;]
1. to make great: Mat.23:5, Luk.1:58.
2. to declare great, extol, magnify: Luk.1:46, Act.5:13 10:46 19:17, 2Co.10:15; pass., before ἐν, Php.1:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3170 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- magnify5
- enlarge2
- shew1
First verses
- Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Luke 1:46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
- Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
- Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
- Acts 10:46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
- Acts 19:17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
- Philippians 1:20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεγᾰλύνω,
future μεγαλῠνῶ [LXX (LXX.Gen.12.2, +others:)]aorist ἐμεγάλυνα[LXX (LXX.Eccl.2.4, +others)]:—passive, future -υνθήσομαι[LXX (LXX.Zech.12.11, +others)]: aorist -ύνθην[LXX (LXX.Mal.1.5, +others)]: perfect participle μεμεγαλυμμένος [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Psa.143(144).12)]: (μέγας):—make great or powerful, exalt, τοὺς πολεμίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.98:)] —passive, μεγαλύνεσθαι ἐκτῶν συμβαινόντων gain great glory by.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.24, cf. NT.Phil.1.20, “POxy.” 1592.3 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
II make great by word, extol, magnify, τὸ ὄνομά τινος [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 320; μ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν παρά τινι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81; ἑαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 32; μ. τὴν Λακεδαίμονα πρὸς Ἀθηναίους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 16; τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.20: frequently in LXX)], [same places]:—middle, boast oneself, περί τινος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 35)]; γέννα in point of birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 892 (Lyric poetry); οὐδὲ μεγαλύνεται ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.17, compare “Oec.” 21.4; ταῦτ᾽ ἀκούων ἐμεγαλύνετο [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.6.3.)]
II.2 magnify, exaggerate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.28, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.173 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Ir.” p.45 W., 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 57.81, +others)]
future μεγαλῠνῶ [LXX (LXX.Gen.12.2, +others:)]aorist ἐμεγάλυνα[LXX (LXX.Eccl.2.4, +others)]:—passive, future -υνθήσομαι[LXX (LXX.Zech.12.11, +others)]: aorist -ύνθην[LXX (LXX.Mal.1.5, +others)]: perfect participle μεμεγαλυμμένος [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Psa.143(144).12)]: (μέγας):—make great or powerful, exalt, τοὺς πολεμίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.98:)] —passive, μεγαλύνεσθαι ἐκτῶν συμβαινόντων gain great glory by.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.24, cf. NT.Phil.1.20, “POxy.” 1592.3 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
II make great by word, extol, magnify, τὸ ὄνομά τινος [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 320; μ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν παρά τινι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81; ἑαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 32; μ. τὴν Λακεδαίμονα πρὸς Ἀθηναίους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 16; τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.20: frequently in LXX)], [same places]:—middle, boast oneself, περί τινος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 35)]; γέννα in point of birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 892 (Lyric poetry); οὐδὲ μεγαλύνεται ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.17, compare “Oec.” 21.4; ταῦτ᾽ ἀκούων ἐμεγαλύνετο [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.6.3.)]
II.2 magnify, exaggerate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.28, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.173 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Ir.” p.45 W., 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 57.81, +others)]