Word Summary
megalōsynē: greatness, majesty
Original Word: μεγαλωσύνηTransliteration: megalōsynē
Phonetic Spelling: (meg-al-o-soo'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: greatness, majesty
Meaning: greatness, majesty
Strong's Concordance
majesty.
From megas; greatness, i.e. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself) -- majesty.
see GREEK megas
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3172: μεγαλωσύνημεγαλωσύνη,
μεγαλωσύνης,
ἡ, only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (cf.
Winers Grammar, 26, 95 (90);
Buttmann, 73, and see
ἀγαθωσύνη) (
μέγας), the
Sept. for
גֹּדֶל and
גְּדוּלָה;
majesty: of the majesty of God,
Hebrews 1:3;
Hebrews 8:1;
Jude 1:25 (so
2 Samuel 7:23;
Psalm 144:3, 6 (); Wis. 18:24; Sir. 2:18, and often).