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Koine Greek wordlink #88571

SR GNT Acts 8:10 Μεγάλη (Megalaʸ) ‘Power of god being called Great’ Strongs=31730 Lemma=megas
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form Μεγάλη (S-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Μεγάλη’ (S-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘Great’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘megas’ have 16 different glosses: ‘a great’, ‘a great thing’, ‘a great time’, ‘of a loud’, ‘of the great’, ‘to great’, ‘with a loud’, ‘with loud’, ‘Great’, ‘great’, ‘great is’, ‘great it_is’, ‘great ones’, ‘great things’, ‘large’, ‘loud’.

Greek words (1) other than Μεγάλη (S-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘Great’

REV 17:5 Μεγάλη (Megalaʸ) A-NFS ‘Mystery Babulōn/(Bāⱱel?) the Great the mother of the’ SR GNT Rev 17:5 word 11

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective NFS=nominative,feminine,singular