Greek Lexicon G3101–G3200 (Strong's)

G3101

μαθητής (mathētḗs)

(math-ay-tes' | ma-thay-TASE | ma-thay-TASE)

Definition

from G3129; a learner, i.e., pupil; disciple.

a learner, pupil, disciple

G3102

μαθήτρια (mathḗtria)

(math-ay'-tree-ah | ma-THAY-tree-ah | ma-THAY-tree-ah)

Definition

feminine from G3101; a female pupil; disciple.

a female disciple
a Christian woman Acts 9:36

G3103

Μαθουσάλα (Mathousála)

(math-oo-sal'-ah | ma-thoo-SA-la | ma-thoo-SA-la)

Definition

when he dies, there shall be an emission; of Hebrew origin (H4968); Mathusala (i.e., Methushelach), an antediluvian; Mathusala.

the son of Enoch, grandfather of Noah, lived longer than anyone else to 969 years

G3103.1

μαῖα (maia)

(MEH-ah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun; midwife. The word of Exodus 1, where the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah feared God rather than Pharaoh's command to kill the sons — and God dealt well with them and made them houses; earlier, the midwife attends Rachel's death-labor and marks Tamar's twins with the scarlet thread.

midwife

Septuagint usage

9 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 35:17 (Rachel's midwife: "do not fear, for this one also is a son for you"); Genesis 38:28 (Tamar's midwife binds the scarlet thread on Zerah's hand); Exodus 1:17 (the midwives feared God and kept the male children alive); Exodus 1:20 (God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied).

G3103.2

μαιμάσσω (maimassō)

(meh-MAS-so)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to surge, rage irresistibly. The sea at its birth in the whirlwind-speech — gushing irresistibly from its mother's womb until God swaddled it with cloud and set it doors — and Jeremiah's own chest at the war-trumpet: "my soul surges — my heart is torn; I cannot keep silent."

to surge
to rage irresistibly

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 38:8 (I walled the sea with gates when it was led irresistibly — coming forth out of its mother's womb); Jeremiah 4:19 ("my belly, my belly — I am in pain, and the senses of my heart; my soul is irresistibly led, my heart is torn; I shall not keep silent, for my soul has heard the sound of the trumpet").

G3104

Μαϊνάν (Maïnán)

(mahee-nan' | ma-ee-NAHN | ma-ee-NAHN)

Definition

soothsayer, enchanted; probably of Hebrew origin; Mainan, an Israelite; Mainan.

one of the ancestors of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ

G3105

μαίνομαι (maínomai)

(mah'-ee-nom-ahee | MEH-noh-meh | MAY-noh-may)

Definition

middle voice from a primary μάω (to long for; through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a "maniac"; be beside self (mad).

to be mad, to rave
- of one who so speaks that he seems not to be in his right mind

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G3105.1 below.

G3105.1

μαιόομαι (maioomai)

(meh-O-o-meh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to act as midwife; passive, to be brought to birth. Pharaoh's genocide-order given at the birthstool — "whenever you act as midwife … if it be a male, kill it" — the command the God-fearing midwives defied — and Job's shudder at the deep: "shall giants be midwifed from beneath the water?"

to act as midwife
to be brought to birth

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 1:16 ("whenever you act as midwife to the Hebrew women, and they should be about to bear — if it should be a male, kill it; but if a female, preserve it"); Job 26:5 (shall giants be midwifed from beneath the water — and its neighbors?).

G3106

μακαρίζω (makarízō)

(mak-ar-id'-zo | ma-ka-REE-zoh | ma-ka-REE-zoh)

Definition

from G3107; to beatify, i.e., pronounce (or esteem) fortunate; call blessed, count happy.

to pronounce blessed

μακάριος (makários)

(mak-ar'-ee-os | ma-KA-ree-ose | ma-KA-ree-ose)

Definition

a prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off; blessed, happy(X -ier).

blessed, happy

G3108

μακαρισμός (makarismós)

(mak-ar-is-mos' | ma-ka-ree-SMOSE | ma-ka-ree-SMOSE)

Definition

from G3106; beatification, i.e., attribution of good fortune; blessedness.

declaration of blessedness
to utter a declaration of blessedness upon one
to pronounce one blessed

G3108.1

μακαριστός (makaristos)

(mah-kah-rees-TOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — most blessed, to be counted happy (verbal adjective of the family of μακαρισμός, blessedness). Proverbs' triple beatitude: mercy to the poor, trust in the LORD, and the keeping of the law.

most blessed
to be counted happy

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Proverbs 14:21 (he who dishonors the needy sins — but he who has mercy on the poor is most blessed); Proverbs 16:20 (he who is prudent in a matter finds good — and he who trusts in the LORD is most blessed); Proverbs 29:18 (there is no expounder to a lawless nation — but he who keeps the law is most blessed).

G3109

Μακεδονία (Makedonía)

(mak-ed-on-ee'-ah | ma-keh-thoh-NEE-ah | ma-kay-thoh-NEE-ah)

Definition

extended land; from G3110; Macedonia, a region of Greece; Macedonia.

a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and Epirus, on the east by Thrace and the Aegean Sea, on the west by Illyria, and on the North by Dardania and Moesia

Μακεδών (Makedṓn)

(mak-ed'-ohn | ma-keh-THONE | ma-kay-THONE)

Definition

of uncertain derivation; a Macedon (Macedonian), i.e., inhabitant of Macedonia; of Macedonia, Macedonian.

a Macedonian

G3111

μάκελλον (mákellon)

(mak'-el-lon | MA-kel-lone | MA-kale-lone)

Definition

of Latin origin (macellum); a butcher's stall, meat market or provision-shop; shambles.

a place where meat and other articles of food are sold, meat market

G3112

μακράν (makrán)

(mak-ran' | ma-KRAHN | ma-KRAHN)

Definition

feminine accusative case singular of G3117 (G3598 being implied); at a distance (literally or figuratively); (a-)far (off), good (great) way off.

far, a great way
far hence

G3112.1

μακρόβιος (makrobios)

(mah-KRO-vee-os)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — long-lived (μακρός, long + βίος, life). One word in the fourth Servant Song, and it carries the resurrection: 'if you should offer for a sin offering, your soul shall see a long-lived seed.' The Servant who was 'cut off out of the land of the living' (Isaiah 53:8) — the very clause the Ethiopian asked Philip to explain (Acts 8:32-35) — is, after the guilt-offering, alive to see offspring and prolong days. Death behind Him, posterity before Him: the crucified One 'shall see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied' (Isaiah 53:11), alive forevermore (Revelation 1:18), with the children God gave Him (Hebrews 2:13).

long-lived
of prolonged life

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 53:10 (and the LORD willed to cleanse him of the beating; if you should offer for a sin offering, your soul shall see a long-lived seed).

G3112.2

μακροημερεύω (makroēmereuō)

(mah-kro-ee-meh-REV-oh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to be long of days (μακρός + ἡμέρα): Deuteronomy's promise-verb — "that you may prolong your days upon the land" — obedience and long life bound together at the threshold of Canaan.

to prolong one's days

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 5:33 (walk in the whole way commanded, that you may live long on the land); Deuteronomy 6:2 (you and your son and your son's son — that your days be prolonged); Deuteronomy 32:47 ("not an empty word for you — it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days"); Judges 2:7 (the people served the LORD all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua).

G3112.3

μακροήμερος (makroēmeros)

(mah-kro-EE-meh-ros)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — long of days, long-lived (μακρός, long + ἡμέρα, day); plural here. Moses' motive-clause for covenant obedience: 'you shall guard his commandments and ordinances... that it should be good to you and to your sons after you, so that you should be long-lived upon the earth which the LORD your God gives you.' Long days on given land — the Deuteronomic grammar of blessing, condensed in the fifth commandment and carried whole into the new covenant household: 'that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth' (Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:16; Ephesians 6:2-3).

long of days
long-lived

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 4:40 (that good should be to you and to your sons after you, so that you should be long-lived upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives to you all the days).

G3113

μακρόθεν (makróthen)

(mak-roth'-en | ma-KROH-then | ma-KROH-thane)

Definition

adverb from G3117; from a distance or afar; afar off, from far.

from afar, afar

G3114

μακροθυμέω (makrothyméō)

(mak-roth-oo-meh'-o | ma-kroh-thoo-MEH-oh | ma-kroh-thyoo-MAY-oh)

Definition

from the same as G3116; to be long-spirited, i.e., (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient; bear (suffer) long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be patient, patiently endure.

to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart
- to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles
- to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others
  - to be mild and slow in avenging
  - to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish

G3115

μακροθυμία (makrothymía)

(mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah | ma-kroh-thoo-MEE-ah | ma-kroh-thyoo-MEE-ah)

Definition

from the same as G3116; longanimity, i.e., (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude; longsuffering, patience.

patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance
patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs

G3115.1

μακρόθυμος (makrothymos)

(ma-KRO-thee-mos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective from μακρός (G3117, long) and θυμός (G2372, passion), the adjective behind μακροθυμία (G3115, longsuffering); slow to anger, longsuffering — the Lord's own self-proclamation at Sinai, echoed by Moses' intercession and the Psalms' credo, and commended by Proverbs over the mighty.

slow to anger, longsuffering
patient of spirit

Septuagint usage

17 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 34:6 (the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and truth); Numbers 14:18 (the Lord is slow to anger and great in mercy — Moses' plea); Psalms 103:8; Proverbs 14:29 (the slow to anger is great in understanding).

G3116

μακροθυμώς (makrothymṓs)

(mak-roth-oo-moce' | ma-kroh-thoo-MOSE | ma-kroh-thyoo-MOSE)

Definition

adverb of a compound of G3117 and G2372; with long (enduring) temper, i.e., leniently; patiently.

with longanimity, i.e., patiently

G3117

μακρός (makrós)

(mak-ros' | ma-KROSE | ma-KROSE)

Definition

from G3372; long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural)); far, long.

long
- of place: remote, distant, far off
- of time: long, long lasting

G3117.1

μακρότης (makrotēs)

(mah-KRO-tees)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun from μακρός (G3117, long, far); length, duration — nearly always in the phrase "length of days." Deuteronomy grounds it in the LORD Himself ("He is your life and the length of your days"), and the psalter carries it to its rest: "I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for length of days."

length, duration
"length of days"

Septuagint usage

8 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 30:20 (to love the LORD and cleave to Him — for He is your life and the length of your days); Psalm 21:4 (he asked life of You, and You gave him length of days forever and ever); Psalm 23:6 (I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for length of days); Psalm 91:16 (with length of days I will satisfy him and show him My salvation).

G3117.2

μακροχρονίζω (makrochronizō)

(mah-kro-khro-NEE-zo)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to last a long time, live long (the verb beside μακροχρόνιος, the 'long-lived' of Ephesians 6:3). In the Song of Moses, inside God's own deliberation about judging Israel: 'I would have said, I will scatter them... except for the anger of the enemies — lest they live long and join in attack, lest they say, Our hand is high, and it was not the LORD who did all these things.' Judgment is measured so that the instrument cannot claim the verdict — God restrains wrath for the honor of His own name (Deuteronomy 32:26-27; Isaiah 10:5-15 runs the same logic against Assyria's axe).

to live long
to endure a long time

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 32:27 (unless they should say it was on account of the anger of the enemies — that in no way should they live a long time, and in no way should their opponents join in making an attack).

G3118

μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios)

(mak-rokh-ron'-ee-os | ma-kroh-HROH-nee-ose | ma-kroh-HROH-nee-ose)

Definition

from G3117 and G5550; long-timed, i.e., long-lived; live long.

long lived

G3118.2

μακρύνω (makrynō)

(ma-KREE-noh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb from μακρός (G3117, far, long); to put far away, be far off, prolong — the psalmists' plea ("be not far from me") inverted in the gospel of Psalm 103: "as far as east is from west, so far has He removed our lawless deeds from us."

to remove far, be far off
to prolong (days)

Septuagint usage

23 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 3:14 ("I will prolong your days"); Psalm 55:7 ("I went far off, fleeing, and lodged in the wilderness"); Psalm 73:27 (those far from You perish); Psalm 103:12 (as far as east from west, so far He removed our lawless deeds); Psalm 88:8, 18.

G3118.3

μάλα (mala)

(MAH-lah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adverb — indeed, truly, by all means. The emphatic particle at two turning points: Jonathan's breathless correction to Adonijah's feast, and Gehazi's observation that opened the Shunammite's promise.

indeed, truly
by all means

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 1:43 (Jonathan answered Adonijah — "indeed no! Our lord King David has made Solomon king"); 2 Kings 4:14 ("what then is to be done for her?" — and Gehazi said, "truly, she has no son, and her husband is old").

G3118.4

μάλαγμα (malagma)

(MAH-lag-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an emollient dressing, softening poultice (from μαλάσσω, to soften). Isaiah's diagnosis of the whole sick body — wound, welt, and festering sore, "there is no dressing to apply, nor oil, nor bandages" — and Pharaoh's broken arm that shall receive no dressing to give it strength to hold the sword.

dressing
poultice

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 1:6 (from feet unto head there is no wholeness in it — wound, and bruise, and festering blow; there is no dressing to apply, neither olive oil, nor bandages); Ezekiel 30:21 ("I broke the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt — and behold, it was not bound up to be given healing, for a dressing to be given it, to give strength upon it to take hold of a sword").

G3119

μαλακία (malakía)

(mal-ak-ee'-ah | ma-la-KEE-ah | ma-la-KEE-ah)

Definition

from G3120; softness, i.e., enervation (debility); disease.

softness
in the New Testament infirmity, debility, bodily weakness, sickness

G3119.1

μαλακίζομαι (malakizomai)

(mah-lah-KEE-zo-meh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb, cognate with μαλακία (G3119, sickness, infirmity); to be infirm, made weak, fall sick. Its weightiest occurrence is Isaiah 53:5, where the Servant μεμαλάκισται — "He was made infirm on account of our sins" — the LXX's rendering of "He was crushed for our iniquities."

to be infirm, fall sick
to be made weak, enfeebled

Septuagint usage

9 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 42:38 (Jacob's fear that harm-sickness befall Benjamin on the way); 2 Samuel 13:5 (Amnon lies down feigning infirmity); 2 Chronicles 16:12 (Asa infirm in his feet, who sought physicians and not the LORD); Isaiah 53:5 (the Servant "was made infirm on account of our sins"); Isaiah 38:9 (Hezekiah's writing after his infirmity).

G3120

μαλακός (malakós)

(mal-ak-os' | ma-la-KOSE | ma-la-KOSE)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e., fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite; effeminate, soft.

soft, soft to the touch
metaphorically in a bad sense
- effeminate
  - of a catamite
  - of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man
  - of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness
  - of a male prostitute

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G3120.1–G3120.2 below.

G3120.1

μαλακύνω (malakynō)

(mah-lah-KEE-no)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to soften, make soft (from μαλακός, soft); aorist here. Job's confession at the end of his boldest chapter — the one that opens 'oh that I knew where I might find him': 'the LORD softened my heart, and the Almighty hastened me.' The man who wanted a courtroom finds his nerve melted by the very Presence he petitioned for; yet the same chapter holds his gold-refined confidence, 'He knows the way that I take' (Job 23:3, 10, 16). Softened hearts are elsewhere God's stated goal — the stone exchanged for flesh (Ezekiel 36:26).

to soften
to make faint

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 23:16 (but the LORD softened my heart, and the Almighty hastened me).

G3120.2

μαλακῶς (malakōs)

(mah-lah-KOS)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adverb — softly, gently (adverb of μαλακός, soft). In the LORD's Leviathan-interrogation: 'will he speak to you earnest supplications — softly?' The untamable beast will not beg; the question is rhetorical armor-plating for the argument's real point — if you cannot make the creature plead, you cannot summon the Creator to the dock (Job 41:3, 10-11). Job takes the point and lays his hand on his mouth (Job 40:4-5); what power cannot extract, grace later gives freely — the Almighty who answers from the whirlwind also 'gives grace to the humble' (James 4:6).

softly
gently

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 41:3 (and will he speak to you earnest supplications, softly?).

G3121

Μαλελεήλ (Maleleḗl)

(mal-el-eh-ale' | ma-leh-leh-ALE | ma-lay-lay-ALE)

Definition

praise of God; of Hebrew origin (H4111); Maleleel (i.e., Mahalalel), an antediluvian; Maleleel.

the fourth in descent from Adam, son of Cainan

G3122

μάλιστα (málista)

(mal'-is-tah | MA-lee-sta | MA-lee-sta)

Definition

neuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb μάλα (very); (adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly; chiefly, most of all, (e-)specially.

especially, chiefly, most of all, above all

G3123

μᾶλλον (mâllon)

(mal'-lon | MAHL-lone | MAHL-lone)

Definition

neuter of the comparative of the same as G3122; (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather; + better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.

more, to a greater degree, rather
- much, by far
- rather, sooner
- more willingly, more readily, sooner

G3124

Μάλχος (Málchos)

(mal'-khos | MAHL-hose | MAHL-hose)

Definition

king, kingdom; of Hebrew origin (H4429); Malchus, an Israelite; Malchus.

was the name of the servant of the high priest whose right ear Peter cut off at the time of Christ's arrest in the garden

G3125

μάμμη (mámmē)

(mam'-may | MAHM-may | MAHM-may)

Definition

of natural origin ("mammy"); a grandmother; grandmother.

mother (the name infants use in addressing their mother)
grandmother

G3126

μαμμωνᾶς (mammōnâs)

(mam-mo-nas' | mahm-moh-NAHS | mahm-moh-NAHS)

Definition

of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified); mammonas, i.e., avarice (deified); mammon.

mammon
treasure
riches (where it is personified and opposed to God)

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G3126.1–G3126.2 below.

G3126.1

μαν (man)

(MAHN)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Indeclinable transliteration of the Hebrew מָן (man), manna — the bread from heaven, named from Israel's question מָן הוּא, "What is it?" (Exodus 16:15). The NT Greek form is μάννα (G3131, John 6:31, 49; Revelation 2:17).

manna, the wilderness bread

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Exodus 16:31-33 (named, described, and an omerful laid up before the LORD); Exodus 16:35 (eaten forty years).

G3126.2

μαναά (manaá)

(ma-na-AH)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Indeclinable transliteration of the Hebrew מִנְחָה (minchah), the gift offering: the grain (tribute) offering of the cult, and more broadly a present brought to a superior. Where the LXX translates minchah it uses θυσία or δῶρον (G1435); in these passages it simply carries the Hebrew word across.

gift offering, grain/tribute offering (Hebrew minchah)
a present brought in homage (2 Kings 8:8-9)

Septuagint usage

12 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Kings 8:8-9 (Hazael's present to Elisha); 2 Chronicles 7:7 (Solomon's dedication); Ezekiel 45:25; Ezekiel 46:5-15 (the prince's gift offerings); Daniel 2:46.

G3127

Μαναήν (Manaḗn)

(man-ah-ane' | ma-na-ANE | ma-na-ANE)

Definition

comforter; of uncertain origin; Manaën, a Christian; Manaen.

one of the teachers and prophets in the church at Antioch

G3128

Μανασσῆς (Manassēs)

(man-as-sace' | ma-nahs-SASE | ma-nahs-SASE)

Definition

forgetting; of Hebrew origin (H4519); Mannasses (i.e., Menashsheh), an Israelite; Manasses.

the first born son of Joseph
the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah

G3128.1

μάνδρα (mandra)

(MAN-thra)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Feminine noun; a fold, pen, den — the hideouts of Israel in the days of Midian, the lion's lair of the Psalms, and the sheepfold from which the Lord took David to be prince over his people.

fold, sheep-pen
den, lair

Septuagint usage

12 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 6:2 (Israel made for themselves the dens in the mountains); 1 Samuel 13:6; 2 Samuel 7:8 (I took you from the fold, from following the sheep, to be leader over my people); Psalms 104:22 (the young lions lie down in their dens).

G3128.2

μανδραγόρας (mandragoras)

(man-drah-GO-rahs)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — the mandrake, love-apple: the fragrant fertility-plant of Reuben's field, bargained between Rachel and Leah — while the narrative quietly insists it was God who remembered Rachel — and of the Song's fragrance at the doors.

mandrake

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 30:14 (Reuben finds mandrakes in the wheat harvest, and Rachel asks for them); Genesis 30:15 (the bargain struck — mandrakes for a night); Genesis 30:16 (Leah meets Jacob at evening); Song of Solomon 7:13 (the mandrakes give fragrance, and at our doors all choice fruits).

G3128.3

μανδύας (mandyas)

(man-DHEE-ahs)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a soldier's cloak, uniform mantle. Three sword-stories wear it: Ehud's dagger hidden beneath it, Saul's armor-cloak that David could not walk in, and Jonathan's own robe and uniform given to David — the heir clothing the anointed.

military cloak, uniform

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 3:16 (Ehud's double-edged dagger girded under the cloak on the right thigh); 1 Samuel 17:38 (Saul dresses David in his own uniform — laid aside untested); 1 Samuel 18:4 (Jonathan gives David his robe and his uniform, down to sword and bow); 2 Samuel 20:8 (Joab's battle cloak girded, the sword strapped over it).

G3128.4

μανή (manē)

(mah-NEE)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Transliterated Aramaic noun — Mene, "numbered" (Aramaic mene'), the first word of the handwriting on Belshazzar's wall, doubled in the reading and expounded in a sentence: "God has numbered your kingdom and finished it."

Mene
numbered

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Daniel 5:25 (this is the writing being ordained — Mene, Tekel, Phares); Daniel 5:26 (this is the interpretation of the saying — Mene: God measured your kingdom and finished it).

G3129

μανθάνω (manthánō)

(man-than'-o | mahn-THA-noh | mahn-THA-noh)

Definition

prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, μαθέω, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn (in any way); learn, understand.

to learn, be appraised
- to increase one's knowledge, to be increased in knowledge
- to hear, be informed
- to learn by use and practice
  - to be in the habit of, accustomed to

G3130

μανία (manía)

(man-ee'-ah | ma-NEE-ah | ma-NEE-ah)

Definition

from G3105; craziness; (+ make) X mad.

madness, frenzy

G3130.1

μανιάκης (maniakēs)

(mah-nee-AH-kees)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a necklace, torque of honor (a Persian court-word). Belshazzar's offered chain of gold — proclaimed, declined in spirit, and hung at last on the neck of the prophet who read the writing.

necklace
gold torque

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Daniel 5:7 (the king's cry — whoever reads this writing and declares its interpretation shall be clothed in purple, with a gold necklace around his neck, and rule as third in the kingdom); Daniel 5:16 (the offer laid before Daniel — "if you can read the writing... you shall be clothed in purple with a gold necklace around your neck"); Daniel 5:29 (then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel in purple and put the gold necklace around his neck — that very night the kingdom fell).

G3131

μάννα (mánna)

(man'-nah | MAHN-na | MAHN-na)

Definition

what is it; of Hebrew origin (H4478); manna (i.e., man), an edible gum; manna.

the food that nourished the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness
of the manna was kept in the ark of the covenant
symbolically, that which is kept in the heavenly temple for the food of angels and the blessed

G3131.1

μαντεία (manteia)

(man-TEE-a)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Feminine noun from μαντεύομαι (G3132, to divine); divination, soothsaying — the forbidden art of Deuteronomy 18, the false prophets' stock-in-trade, and Balaam's failed craft: there is no divination against Jacob.

divination, soothsaying

Septuagint usage

13 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Numbers 23:23 (there is no omen in Jacob, nor divination in Israel); Deuteronomy 18:10 (there shall not be found among you one who divines); 2 Kings 17:17; Ezekiel 13:7 (have you not spoken vain divination?).

G3131.2

μαντεῖον (manteion)

(man-DEE-on)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an oracle; a divination, diviner's fee. The fees of divination in the elders' hands on the road to Balaam, the true oracle Proverbs locates on the king's lips — and the divination for Jerusalem in Nebuchadnezzar's right hand at the crossroads.

oracle
divination, diviner's fee

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Numbers 22:7 (the elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees of divination in their hand — and came to Balaam with Balak's words); Proverbs 16:10 (an oracle is on the lips of a king — his mouth shall not err in judgment); Ezekiel 21:22 (in his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem — to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift the voice with a shout).

G3132

μαντεύομαι (manteúomai)

(mant-yoo'-om-ahee | mahn-TEV-oh-meh | mahn-TAVE-oh-may)

Definition

from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration); to divine, i.e., utter spells (under pretense of foretelling; by soothsaying.

to act as a seer
- deliver an oracle, prophesy, divine

G3132.1

μάντις (mantis)

(MAN-tees)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a diviner, soothsayer (μαντεύομαι, G3132, to divine): the pagan counterpart to the prophet of the LORD. Balaam carries the title at his death: "Balaam the diviner."

diviner, soothsayer

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Joshua 13:22 (Balaam son of Beor, the diviner, killed with the sword); 1 Samuel 6:2 (the Philistines summon their priests and diviners over the ark); Micah 3:7 (the seers ashamed and the diviners disgraced — no answer from God); Zechariah 10:2 (the diviners' false visions — the people wander like sheep without a shepherd).

G3133

μαραίνω (maraínō)

(mar-ah'-ee-no | ma-REH-noh | ma-RAY-noh)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; to extinguish (as fire), i.e., (figuratively and passively) to pass away; fade away.

to extinguish (a flame, fire, light, etc.)
to render arid, make to waste away, consume away, perish
to have a miserable end

G3134

μαρὰν ἀθά (maràn athá)

(mar'-an ath'-ah | ma-RAHN ah-THA | ma-RAHN ah-THA)

Definition

of Chaldee origin (meaning our Lord has come); maranatha, i.e., an exclamation of the approaching divine judgment; Maran-atha.

our Lord cometh or will come

G3135

μαργαρίτης (margarítēs)

(mar-gar-ee'-tace | mahr-ga-REE-tase | mahr-ga-REE-tase)

Definition

from μάργαρος (a pearl-oyster); a pearl; pearl.

a pearl
a proverb, i.e., a word of great value

G3136

Μάρθα (Mártha)

(mar'-thah | MAHR-tha | MAHR-tha)

Definition

she was rebellious; probably of Chaldee origin (meaning mistress); Martha, a Christian woman; Martha.

was the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany

G3137

Μαρία (María)

(mar-ee'-ah | ma-REE-ah | ma-REE-ah)

Definition

their rebellion, stubbornness; of Hebrew origin (H4813); Maria or Mariam (i.e., Mirjam), the name of six Christian females; Mary.

Mary the mother of Jesus
Mary Magdalene, a women from Magdala
Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha
Mary of Cleophas the mother of James the less
Mary the mother of John Mark, a sister of Barnabas
Mary, a Roman Christian who is greeted by Paul in Romans 16:6

G3138

Μάρκος (Márkos)

(mar'-kos | MAHR-kose | MAHR-kose)

Definition

a defense; of Latin origin; Marcus, a Christian; Marcus, Mark.

an evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Mark

Note

Marcus was his Latin surname, his Jewish name was John. He was a cousin of Barnabas and a companion of Paul in some of his missionary journeys.

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G3138.1 below.

G3138.1

μαρμάρινος (marmarinos)

(mar-MAH-ree-nos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — of marble (from μάρμαρος, marble — the gleaming stone of Revelation 18:12); plural here. In the bride's description of her beloved: 'his legs are as columns of marble, founded upon bases of gold; his appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.' The praise-song builds him like a sanctuary — columns, gold bases, Lebanon cedar are temple-construction vocabulary (1 Kings 6:9-10; 7:15-22) — the Beloved described in the materials of the house of God. The church has long heard in this the Bridegroom whose body is the true temple (John 2:21) and whose legs, unbroken at the cross (John 19:33, 36), uphold all He is.

of marble
marble-columned

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Song of Solomon 5:15 (his legs are as columns of marble, founded upon bases of gold; his appearance as Lebanon, choice as cedars).

G3139

μάρμαρος (mármaros)

(mar'-mar-os | MAHR-ma-rose | MAHR-ma-rose)

Definition

from μαρμαίρω (to glisten); marble (as sparkling white); marble.

a stone, a rock
marble

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G3139.1–G3139.3 below.

G3139.1

μαρσίππιον (marsippion)

(mar-SIP-pee-on)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a money-bag, small purse (diminutive of μάρσιππος). Two purses of folly: the sinners' recruiting speech in Proverbs — "let us all acquire one common money bag" — and the idol-economy of Isaiah: gold poured out of a bag and weighed to hire a god that must be carried.

money-bag
purse

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Proverbs 1:14 ("cast in your lot with us — and let us all acquire a common money bag, and let there be one pouch for us"); Isaiah 46:6 (the ones bringing gold out of a money bag, and silver in a yoke balance — they shall set the weight, and hiring a goldsmith, they made handmade gods, and bowing, they do obeisance to them).

G3139.2

μάρσιππος (marsippos)

(MAR-seep-pos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun; a bag, sack — the grain-sacks of Joseph's brothers, in whose mouths the returned silver and finally the silver cup turned their journeys into a trial of conscience.

bag, sack

Septuagint usage

19 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Genesis 42:27 (he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack); Genesis 43:21 (each man's silver in the mouth of his sack, in full weight); Genesis 44:1 (fill the men's sacks and put my cup in the sack of the youngest); Genesis 44:2.

G3139.3

μαρυκάομαι (marykaomai)

(mah-ree-KAH-o-meh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to chew the cud, ruminate. Both occurrences turn on the dietary law's double test — the swine dividing the hoof yet not chewing the cud, unclean for the lack of the inward mark whatever the outward split.

to chew the cud
to ruminate

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 11:26 (among all the beasts — whichever splits the hoof and claws with claws, and does not chew the cud, they shall be unclean to you); Deuteronomy 14:8 (and the pig, for this one splits the hoof and claws with claws of a nail — but this one does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you).

G3140

μαρτυρέω (martyréō)

(mar-too-reh'-o | mahr-too-REH-oh | mahr-tyoo-RAY-oh)

Definition

from G3144; to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively); charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.

to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e., to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration
- to give (not to keep back) testimony
- to utter honorable testimony, give a good report
- conjure, implore

G3141

μαρτυρία (martyría)

(mar-too-ree'-ah | mahr-too-REE-ah | mahr-tyoo-REE-ah)

Definition

from G3144; evidence given (judicially or genitive case); record, report, testimony, witness.

a testifying
- the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future events
what one testifies, testimony, i.e., before a judge

G3142

μαρτύριον (martýrion)

(mar-too'-ree-on | mahr-TOO-ree-one | mahr-TYOO-ree-one)

Definition

neuter of a presumed derivative of G3144; something evidential, i.e., (genitive case) evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the sacred Tabernacle); to be testified, testimony, witness.

testimony

G3143

μαρτύρομαι (martýromai)

(mar-too'-rom-ahee | mahr-TOO-roh-meh | mahr-TYOO-roh-may)

Definition

middle voice from G3144; to be adduced as a witness, i.e., (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation); take to record, testify.

to cite a witness, bring forward a witness, call to witness
- to affirm be appeal to God, to declare solemnly, protest
to conjure, beseech as in God's name, exhort solemnly

μάρτυς (mártys)

(mar'-toos | MAHR-toos | MAHR-tyoos)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"; martyr, record, witness.

a witness
- in a legal sense
- an historical sense
  - one who is a spectator of anything, e.g., of a contest
- in an ethical sense
  - those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G3144.1–G3144.2 below.

G3144.1

μασαναί (masanai)

(mah-sah-NEH)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Loanword — the Hebrew מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, 'the Second Quarter'), the newer district of Jerusalem below the temple hill, transliterated rather than translated (the ABP glosses 'the second section'). Where the word of the LORD was found living when the Book was found lost: Hilkiah's delegation went 'to Huldah the prophetess... and she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.' The rediscovered scroll is carried not to a court theologian but to a woman in the new town, and her oracle authenticates the Book that drives Josiah's reformation (2 Chronicles 34:22-28). Zephaniah, prophesying in those same years, hears wailing from this very district on the day of the LORD (Zephaniah 1:10).

the Second Quarter (mishneh)
new district of Jerusalem

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Chronicles 34:22 (to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum the keeper of the cloaks; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second section).

G3144.2

μασμαρώθ (masmarōth)

(mas-mah-ROTH)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Loanword — the Hebrew מְזַמְּרוֹת (mezammerot), the snuffers or wick-trimmers of the temple lamps, transliterated. In the inventory of what Babylon carried away: 'the silver things, and the snuffers, and the oil flasks, and the lamp-stands, and the incense pans, and the cups — gold by gold, and silver by silver, the chief guard took.' Scripture counts the small vessels into exile — and counts them back: Cyrus's treasurer numbers the returning inventory piece by piece (Ezra 1:9-11). The God who weighs snuffers loses nothing in the captivity; the lamps will be trimmed again (Jeremiah 52:19; Zechariah 4:2).

snuffers (mezammerot)
lamp-trimmers

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Jeremiah 52:19 (even the silver things, and the snuffers, and the oil flasks, and the lamp-stands, and the incense pans, and the cups, the chief guard took).

G3145

μασσάομαι (massáomai)

(mas-sah'-om-ahee | mahs-SA-oh-meh | mahs-SA-oh-may)

Definition

from a primary μάσσω (to handle or squeeze); to chew; gnaw.

to chew, consume, eat, devour

G3146

μαστιγόω (mastigóō)

(mas-tig-o'-o | ma-stee-GOH-oh | ma-stee-GOH-oh)

Definition

from G3148; to flog (literally or figuratively); scourge.

to scourge

G3147

μαστίζω (mastízō)

(mas-tid'-zo | ma-STEE-zoh | ma-STEE-zoh)

Definition

from G3149; to whip (literally); scourge.

to whip, flog, scourge

G3148

μάστιξ (mástix)

(mas'-tix | MA-steeks | MA-steeks)

Definition

probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease); plague, scourging.

a whip, scourge
metaphorically a scourge, plague
- a calamity, misfortune, especially sent by God to discipline or punish

G3149

μαστός (mastós)

(mas-tos' | ma-STOSE | ma-STOSE)

Definition

from the base of G3145; a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up); pap.

the breasts
the breasts (nipples) of a man
breasts of a women

G3150

ματαιολογία (mataiología)

(mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah | ma-teh-oh-loh-GEE-ah | ma-tay-oh-loh-GEE-ah)

Definition

from G3151; random talk, i.e., babble; vain jangling.

vain talking, empty talk

ματαιολόγος (mataiológos)

(mat-ah-yol-og'-os | ma-teh-oh-LOH-gose | ma-tay-oh-LOH-gose)

Definition

from G3152 and G3004; an idle (i.e., senseless or mischievous) talker, i.e., a wrangler; vain talker.

an idle talker, one who utters empty senseless things

G3152

μάταιος (mátaios)

(mat'-ah-yos | MA-teh-ose | MA-tay-ose)

Definition

from the base of G3155; empty, i.e., (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol; vain, vanity.

devoid of force, truth, success, result
useless, of no purpose

G3153

ματαιότης (mataiótēs)

(mat-ah-yot'-ace | ma-teh-OH-tase | ma-tay-OH-tase)

Definition

from G3152; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity; vanity.

what is devoid of truth and appropriateness
perverseness, depravity
frailty, want of vigour

G3154

ματαιόω (mataióō)

(mat-ah-yo'-o | ma-teh-OH-oh | ma-tay-OH-oh)

Definition

from G3152; to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e., (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous; become vain.

to make empty, vain, foolish

G3154.1

ματαίως (mataiōs)

(mah-TEH-os)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adverb — vainly, in vain, without cause (from μάταιος, vain). Asaph's tempted verdict — "surely in vain I have kept my heart pure" — and the psalmist's cry over enemies who hate without cause.

in vain
without cause

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Job 35:16 (Elihu — Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge); Psalms 3:7 ("arise, O LORD — for You struck all those who are my enemies without cause; You shattered the teeth of the wicked"); Psalms 73:13 (Asaph at the sanctuary's threshold — "surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence"); Psalms 89:47 ("remember how fleeting my lifespan is — have You created all the sons of men in vain?").

G3155

μάτην (mátēn)

(mat'-ane | MA-tane | MA-tane)

Definition

accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e., (adverbially) to no purpose; in vain.

in vain, fruitlessly

G3156

Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos)

(mat-thah'-yos | maht-THEH-ose | maht-THAY-ose)

Definition

gift of Jehovah; a shorter form of G3161; Matthaeus (i.e., Matthitjah), an Israelite and a Christian; Matthew.

son of Alphaeus, one of the 12 disciples

G3157

Ματθάν (Matthán)

(mat-than' | maht-THAHN | maht-THAHN)

Definition

gift; of Hebrew origin (H4977); Matthan (i.e., Mattan), an Israelite; Matthan.

one of Christ's ancestors

G3158

Ματθάτ (Matthát)

(mat-that' | maht-THAHT | maht-THAHT)

Definition

gift of God; probably a shortened form of G3161; Matthat (i.e., Mattithjah), the name of two Israelites; Mathat.

a son of Levi, in the genealogy of Christ
grandfather of the Mary

G3159

Ματθίας (Matthías)

(mat-thee'-as | maht-THEE-as | maht-THEE-as)

Definition

gift of God; apparently a shortened form of G3161; Matthias (i.e., Mattithjah), an Israelite; Matthias.

the apostle elected to fill the place of the traitor Judas

G3160

Ματταθά (Mattathá)

(mat-tath-ah' | maht-ta-THA | maht-ta-THA)

Definition

givingness; probably a shortened form of G3161 (compare H4992); Mattatha (i.e., Mattithjah), an Israelite; Mattatha.

an ancestor of Christ

G3161

Ματταθίας (Mattathías)

(mat-tath-ee'-as | maht-ta-THEE-as | maht-ta-THEE-as)

Definition

gift of Jehovah; of Hebrew origin (H4993); Mattathias (i.e., Mattithjah), an Israelite and a Christian; Mattathias.

the son of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ
Mattathias was the son of Semei in the genealogy of Christ

G3162

μάχαιρα (máchaira)

(makh'-ahee-rah | MA-heh-ra | MA-hay-ra)

Definition

probably feminine of a presumed derivative of G3163; a knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment; sword.

a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh
a small sword, as distinguished from a large sword
- curved sword, for a cutting stroke
- a straight sword, for thrusting

G3162.1

μαχβάρ (machbar)

(makh-VAR)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Loanword — the Hebrew מַכְבֵּר (makber), a netted cloth or thick coverlet, transliterated (riding the slot of μάχαιρα, sword — fittingly, for it killed a king without one). The murder Elisha foresaw in tears: 'on the next day he took the cloth and dipped it in water and spread it upon his face, and he died — and Hazael reigned instead of him.' The prophet had wept looking at Hazael's face, knowing what this bedside servant would do to Israel (2 Kings 8:11-15). A wet cloth, a smothered king, a usurper's throne: evil's instruments are ordinary, and God's foreknowledge of them is exact — yet the same narrative stream carries Elisha's grace to Syrians too (2 Kings 5; Luke 4:27).

netted cloth (makber)
thick coverlet

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Kings 8:15 (and he took the rag, and he dipped it in the water, and put it upon his face, and he died; and Hazael reigned instead of him).

G3163

μάχη (máchē)

(makh'-ay | MA-hay | MA-hay)

Definition

from G3164; a battle, i.e., (figuratively) controversy; fighting, strive, striving.

a fight or combat
- of those in arms, a battle
- of persons at variance, disputants etc., strife, contention
- a quarrel

G3163.1

μαχήλ (machēl)

(mah-KHEEL)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Loanword — the Hebrew מַאֲכָל (ma'akal), food, provisions, transliterated (the ABP glosses 'food'). Solomon's side of the temple-timber covenant: 'Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, and food for his house, and twenty baths of beaten olive oil — yearly.' Cedar came down from Lebanon and bread went up from Israel: the temple was built inside a peace, 'and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them cut covenant' (1 Kings 5:11-12). The greater Son of David builds His house the same way — Gentile and Jew supplying one another in one construction (Ephesians 2:19-22).

food (ma'akal)
provisions

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 5:11 (and Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, and food to his house, and twenty baths of olive oil being pounded — yearly).

G3163.2

μαχητής (machētēs)

(ma-hee-TEES)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Masculine noun from μάχομαι (G3164, to fight); a fighter, warrior — and in Jeremiah's confession, the title of God Himself: "the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my persecutors shall stumble."

warrior, fighter, man of battle

Septuagint usage

20 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 3:29 (the stout Moabite warriors); Judges 5:23 (they came not to the help of the LORD among the warriors); 2 Samuel 24:9; Jeremiah 20:11 ("the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior"); Jeremiah 46:9.

G3163.3

μάχιμος (machimos)

(MAH-khee-moss)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective from μάχη (G3163, battle) — combative, warlike; as a noun, the fighting men. At Jericho the fighting men march before the ark — and Proverbs turns the word homeward: better the wilderness than a combative tongue.

combative, warlike
(plural) fighting men

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Joshua 5:6 (the generation of war perished in the wilderness for disobedience); Joshua 6:7 (the armed men pass on before the ark of the LORD); Joshua 6:13 (seven trumpets, the fighting men, the ark — Jericho's ordered procession); Proverbs 21:19 (better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and combative wife).

G3164

μάχομαι (máchomai)

(makh'-om-ahee | MA-hoh-meh | MA-hoh-may)

Definition

middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e., (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute; fight, strive.

to fight
- of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle
- of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute
- of those who contend at law for property and privileges

For the Septuagint (ABP) word at this number, see G3164.1 below.

G3164.1

μαωζείν (maōzein)

(mah-o-ZEEN)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Loanword — the Hebrew מָעֻזִּים (ma'uzzim), 'fortresses,' transliterated rather than translated. The willful king's religion: 'a god of fortresses he will glorify at his place; and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall glorify with gold and silver and precious stone.' Force itself becomes his deity — the one god the tyrant can worship without repenting. The chapter sets the counter-community two verses earlier: 'the people knowing their God shall grow strong' (Daniel 11:32) — over against the fortress-god stands the LORD who is Himself the stronghold (Psalm 27:1; Nahum 1:7).

of fortresses (ma'uzzim)
fortress-god

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Daniel 11:38 (and a god of fortresses at his place he will glorify; and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall glorify with gold, and silver, and precious stone, and with desirable things).

G3165

μέ (mé)

(meh | meh | may)

Definition

a shorter (and probably original) form of G1691; me; I, me, my.

I, me, my, etc.

G3166

μεγαλαυχέω (megalauchéō)

(meg-al-ow-kheh'-o | meh-ga-lav-HEH-oh | may-ga-laf-HAY-oh)

Definition

from a compound of G3173 and αὐχέω (to boast; akin to G837 and G2744); to talk big, i.e., be grandiloquent (arrogant, egotistic); boast great things.

to be grandiloquent
to boast great things, to bear one's self loftily in speech or action

G3167

μεγαλεῖος (megaleîos)

(meg-al-i'-os | meh-ga-LEE-ose | may-ga-LEE-ose)

Definition

from G3173; magnificent, i.e., (neuter, plural as noun) a conspicuous favor, or (subjectively) perfection; great things, wonderful works.

magnificent, excellent, splendid, wonderful

G3168

μεγαλειότης (megaleiótēs)

(meg-al-i-ot'-ace | meh-ga-lee-OH-tase | may-ga-lee-OH-tase)

Definition

from G3167; superbness, i.e., glory or splendor; magnificence, majesty, mighty power.

greatness, magnificence
- of the majesty of God
- of the visible splendor of the divine majesty as it appeared in the transfiguration of Christ

G3168.1

μεγαλοπρέπεια (megaloprepeia)

(me-ga-lo-PREH-pee-a)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Feminine noun from μεγαλοπρεπής (G3169, magnificent); majesty, magnificence — the Psalter's ascription-word: majesty lifted above the heavens, majesty over Israel, strength and majesty in his sanctuary.

majesty, magnificence

Septuagint usage

11 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Chronicles 29:11 (yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the majesty); Psalms 8:1 (your majesty is lifted above the heavens); Psalms 29:4 (the voice of the Lord in majesty); Psalms 68:34 (his majesty is over Israel).

μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepḗs)

(meg-al-op-rep-ace' | meh-ga-loh-preh-PASE | may-ga-loh-pray-PASE)

Definition

from G3173 and G4241; befitting greatness or magnificence (majestic); excellent.

befitting a great man, magnificent, splendid
full of majesty, majestic

G3169.1

μεγαλοπτέρυγος (megalopterygos)

(meh-gah-lop-TEH-ree-gos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — great-winged (μέγας + πτέρυξ). Both occurrences soar in Ezekiel's riddle of the two eagles — the great-winged eagle that cropped the cedar's top for Babylon, and the other great eagle toward which the vine bent its roots — the parable God answers by planting a tender twig on Israel's height Himself.

great-winged

Septuagint usage

2 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezekiel 17:3 (the great eagle, having large wings, long in extremity, full of claws — which has the leading to enter into Lebanon, and took the choice parts of the cedar); Ezekiel 17:7 (and there became another great eagle, having large wings and many claws — and behold, this vine wound its roots toward him).

G3169.2

μεγαλορρημονέω (megalorrhēmoneō)

(meh-gah-lo-ree-mo-NEH-oh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to mouth great things: to vaunt, talk big against (μέγας + ῥῆμα). Edom's sin in Obadiah — "do not speak great words in the day of distress" — and Mount Seir's in Ezekiel: "you spoke great words against Me with your mouth; I heard."

to speak great words, vaunt

Septuagint usage

5 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalm 35:26 (let those who speak great words against me be clothed with shame and dishonor); Psalm 38:16 ("lest they speak great words over me when my foot slips"); Ezekiel 35:13 ("with your mouth you spoke great words against Me — and I heard"); Obadiah 1:12 ("do not speak great words in the day of affliction" — Edom over fallen Jacob).

G3169.3

μεγαλορρημοσύνη (megalorrēmosynē)

(meh-gah-lo-ree-mo-SEE-nee)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — big talking, lofty language (μέγας, great + ῥῆμα, word). Hannah's song, at the turn from her rival's taunts to God's reversals: 'do not boast, and do not speak high things in superiority; let not lofty language come forth from your mouth — for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and God is preparing his practices.' The barren woman who was provoked yearly now legislates for every mouth: God weighs actions, fills the hungry, and seats the poor with princes (1 Samuel 2:1-8). Mary's Magnificat sings Hannah's melody over the same reversal — the proud scattered in the imagination of their hearts (Luke 1:51-53).

lofty language
big talking

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Samuel 2:3 (do not boast, and do not speak high things in superiority; let not lofty language come forth from out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and God is preparing his practices).

G3169.4

μεγαλορρήμων (megalorrēmōn)

(meh-gah-lo-REE-mone)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — speaking great things, grandiloquent (the adjective beside μεγαλορρημοσύνη, one entry above). David's petition against the age of spin: 'let the LORD utterly destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue speaking lofty things' — the tongue that says 'our lips are our own; who is lord over us?' (Psalm 12:4). Against it stand the words of the LORD, 'pure words, silver tried in a furnace' (Psalm 12:6). The lofty-speaking tongue reappears on Daniel's little horn — 'a mouth speaking great things' (Daniel 7:8) — and James diagnoses the member itself: a small fire, a great forest (James 3:5).

grandiloquent
speaking great things

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalms 12:3 (let the LORD utterly destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue speaking lofty things).

G3169.5

μεγαλόσαρκος (megalosarkos)

(meh-gah-LO-sar-kos)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — great of flesh (μέγας + σάρξ, flesh); plural here. In Ezekiel's covenant-lawsuit allegory, Jerusalem's political adulteries named without cosmetics: 'you fornicated after the sons of Egypt, the ones adjoining you, the fleshy ones — and in many ways you fornicated to provoke me to anger.' The prophet's coarseness is the point: alliance with Egypt was not diplomacy but lust for bulk, the craving for visible power over covenant trust (Ezekiel 16:26; Isaiah 31:1-3 — 'the Egyptians are men, and not God; their horses flesh, and not spirit'). The chapter refuses to end there: 'I will remember my covenant... and you shall know that I am the LORD' (Ezekiel 16:60-63).

great of flesh
fleshy

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Ezekiel 16:26 (and you fornicated after the sons of Egypt, of the ones adjoining you, the fleshy ones; and in many ways you fornicated to provoke me to anger).

G3169.6

μεγαλόφρων (megalophrōn)

(meh-gah-LO-frone)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Adjective — high-minded, grand in one's own thoughts (μέγας + φρήν, mind). The proverb reads the anatomy of arrogance: 'a high-minded man in his insolence is bold-hearted; and the torch of the impious is sin' — where the MT has 'haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked.' What lights the wicked man's path is his sin itself: his confidence is his combustible. The NT keeps the warning in the same register — 'do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the lowly' (Romans 12:16); God resists the proud (1 Peter 5:5).

high-minded
arrogant

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Proverbs 21:4 (a high-minded man in his insolence is bold-hearted; and the torch of the impious is sin).

G3170

μεγαλύνω (megalýnō)

(meg-al-oo'-no | meh-ga-LOO-noh | may-ga-LYOO-noh)

Definition

from G3173; to make (or declare) great, i.e., increase or (figuratively) extol; enlarge, magnify, shew great.

to make great, magnify
- metaphorically to make conspicuous
to deem or declare great
- to esteem highly, to extol, laud, celebrate
to get glory and praise

G3170.1

μεγάλωμα (megalōma)

(meh-GAH-lo-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — magnificence, majesty (from μεγαλύνω, to magnify). The dirge over Moab: 'move for him, all round about him; all knowing his name, say: How is the renowned staff broken — the rod of magnificence!' A scepter with a funeral: Moab's proud rule, so long secure 'settled on his lees' (Jeremiah 48:11), snaps like any stick. The prophets keep this liturgy for every magnificent rod — 'the LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers' (Isaiah 14:5) — while one scepter stands unbroken, stretched from Zion (Psalm 110:2; Hebrews 1:8).

magnificence
majesty

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Jeremiah 48:17 (all seeing his name, say: O how is the renowned staff broken, the rod of magnificence).

G3171

μεγάλως (megálōs)

(meg-al'-oce | meh-GA-lose | may-GA-lose)

Definition

adverb from G3173; much; greatly.

greatly

G3172

μεγαλωσύνη (megalōsýnē)

(meg-al-o-soo'-nay | meh-ga-loh-SOO-nay | may-ga-loh-SYOO-nay)

Definition

from G3173; greatness, i.e., (figuratively) divinity (often God himself); majesty.

majesty
- of the majesty of God

μέγας (mégas)

(meg'-as | MEH-gahs | MAY-gahs)

Definition

(including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also G3176, G3187); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application); (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.

great
- of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)
  - in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects
    - mass and weight: great
    - compass and extent: large, spacious
    - measure and height: long
    - stature and age: great, old
- of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant
- of age: the elder
- used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong
predicated of rank, as belonging to
- persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power
- things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance
- a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent
splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately
great things
- of God's preeminent blessings
- of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God

G3174

μέγεθος (mégethos)

(meg'-eth-os | MEH-geh-those | MAY-gay-those)

Definition

from G3173; magnitude (figuratively); greatness.

greatness

G3175

μεγιστᾶνες (megistânes)

(meg-is-tan'-es | meh-gee-STA-nes | may-gee-STA-nase)

Definition

plural from G3176; grandees; great men, lords.

the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men
- of a city or a people
- of the associates or courtiers of a king

μέγιστος (mégistos)

(meg'-is-tos | MEH-gee-stose | MAY-gee-stose)

Definition

superlative of G3173; greatest or very great; exceeding great.

greatest, very great

G3177

μεθερμηνεύω (methermēneúō)

(meth-er-mane-yoo'-o | meh-ther-may-NEV-oh | may-thare-may-NAVE-oh)

Definition

from G3326 and G2059; to explain over, i.e., translate; (by) interpret(-ation).

to translate into the language of one with whom I wish to communicate, to interpret

G3178

μέθη (méthē)

(meth'-ay | MEH-thay | MAY-thay)

Definition

apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e., (by implication) intoxication; drunkenness.

intoxication
drunkenness

G3179

μεθίστημι (methístēmi)

(meth-is'-tay-mee | meh-THEE-stay-mee | may-THEE-stay-mee)

Definition

from G3326 and G2476; to transfer, i.e., carry away, depose or (figuratively) exchange, seduce; put out, remove, translate, turn away.

to transpose, transfer, remove from one place to another
- of change of situation or place
- to remove from the office of a steward
- to depart from life, to die

G3180

μεθοδεία (methodeía)

(meth-od-i'-ah | meh-thoh-THEE-ah | may-thoh-THEE-ah)

Definition

from a compound of G3326 and G3593 (compare "method"); travelling over, i.e., travesty (trickery); wile, lie in wait.

cunning arts, deceit, craft, trickery

G3180.1

μεθοδεύω (methodeuō)

(meh-tho-DEV-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to deal craftily, work by stratagem (the verb beneath μεθοδεία — Paul's word for the devil's 'schemes,' Ephesians 6:11). Mephibosheth's account of his servant: 'he used craft with your servant against my lord the king' — Ziba had slandered the lame prince to seize his inheritance (2 Samuel 16:3-4; 19:26-27). The crippled man's defense rests not on proof but on the king's character: 'my lord the king is as an angel of God — do what is good in your eyes.' Slandered at the table of grace, he wants the king more than the estate: 'let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace' (2 Samuel 19:30).

to use craft
to scheme against

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 2 Samuel 19:27 (and he used craft with your servant against my lord the king; but my lord the king is as a messenger of God — do what is good in your eyes).

G3181

μεθόριος (methórios)

(meth-or'-ee-os | meh-THOH-ree-ose | may-THOH-ree-ose)

Definition

from G3326 and G3725; bounded alongside, i.e., contiguous (neuter plural as noun, frontier); border.

a border, frontier

G3182

μεθύσκω (methýskō)

(meth-oos'-ko | meh-THOO-skoh | may-THYOO-skoh)

Definition

a prolonged (transitive) form of G3184; to intoxicate; be drunk(-en).

to intoxicate, make drunk
to get drunk, become intoxicated

G3182.1

μέθυσμα (methysma)

(MEH-thees-mah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — strong drink, intoxicant (from μεθύσκω above, to make drunk). Hannah's disclaimer at Shiloh — and the prophets' emblem of a nation that prefers the preacher of wine.

strong drink
intoxicant

Septuagint usage

4 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Samuel 1:15 (Hannah to Eli — "I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD"); Jeremiah 13:13 ("behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land — kings, priests, prophets, and people — with drunkenness"); Hosea 4:11 (harlotry, wine, and strong drink take away the heart); Micah 2:11 (if a man walking in wind and falsehood should lie, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink" — he would be just the preacher for this people).

G3183

μέθυσος (méthysos)

(meth'-oo-sos | MEH-thoo-sose | MAY-thyoo-sose)

Definition

from G3184; tipsy, i.e., (as noun) a sot; drunkard.

drunken, intoxicated

μεθύω (methýō)

(meth-oo'-o | meh-THOO-oh | may-THYOO-oh)

Definition

from another form of G3178; to drink to intoxication, i.e., get drunk; drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).

to be drunken
metaphorically of one who has shed blood or murdered profusely

G3185

μεῖζον (meîzon)

(mide'-zon | MEE-zone | MEE-zone)

Definition

neuter of G3187; (adverbially) in greater degree; the more.

of greater degree, even more

G3186

μειζότερος (meizóteros)

(mide-zot'-er-os | mee-ZOH-teh-rose | mee-ZOH-tay-rose)

Definition

continued comparative of G3187; still larger (figuratively); greater.

greater

μείζων (meízōn)

(mide'-zone | MEE-zone | MEE-zone)

Definition

irregular comparative of G3173; larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age); elder, greater(-est), more.

greater, larger, elder, stronger

G3187.1

μέλαθρον (melathron)

(MEH-lah-thron)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a ridge-beam, roof-beam; beam-work. The carpentry of Solomon's great buildings — beam-work against the house walls, in the House of the Forest of Lebanon, and through the palace complex.

ridge-beam
beam-work

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 6:5 (against the wall of the house he built the side structure round about — temple and inner sanctuary — with its ridge-beams round about); 1 Kings 7:4 (the House of the Forest of Lebanon — beam-work in three rows, opening facing opening in three tiers); 1 Kings 7:19 (further beam-work among the columns of the palace buildings in the LXX's account of Solomon's construction).

G3187.2

μελαθρόω (melathroō)

(meh-lah-THRO-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to furnish with beams, arch over (from μέλαθρον, the main roof-beam of a house); perfect passive participle here. In the specification of Solomon's House of the Forest of Lebanon: 'all the doorways and the spaces were four-cornered, arched over with beams, doorway facing doorway three times.' The royal complex is described with a carpenter's affection — cedar pillars, beamwork, facing windows (1 Kings 7:2-5) — thirteen years of craft beside the temple's seven (1 Kings 6:38-7:1), the narrator quietly weighing where the longer love was spent.

to arch with beams
to roof over

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: 1 Kings 7:5 (and all the doorways and the places were four-cornered, being arched over, from the doorway upon the door thrice).

G3188

μέλαν (mélan)

(mel'-an | MEH-lahn | MAY-lahn)

Definition

neuter of G3189 as noun; ink; ink.

G3188.1

μελάνθιον (melanthion)

(meh-LAN-thee-on)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — black cumin, nigella (the ABP's "pepperwort"). The seed of Isaiah's plowman-parable — scattered with a measured hand, and threshed not with a sledge but with a rod: the LORD's own proportioned dealings taught from a farmer's field.

black cumin
nigella

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Isaiah 28:25 (when the plowman has leveled the surface — does he not scatter black cumin and sow cumin, and plant wheat in rows, barley in its place?); Isaiah 28:27 (for black cumin is not threshed with a sharp sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin — black cumin is beaten out with a rod).

G3188.2

μελανόω (melanoō)

(meh-lah-NO-o)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to blacken, darken (from the μέλας family — μέλαν, ink, is the NT cognate); perfect passive participle here. The bride's self-conscious plea: 'do not look at me, for I am blackened, for the sun looked over me; my mother's sons quarreled with me, they made me keeper in the vineyards — my own vineyard I have not kept.' Sunburnt by other people's labors and estranged at home, she has just declared 'I am dark and lovely' (Song of Solomon 1:5) — loved as she is, not as she should have been. The gospel underwrites the paradox: the bride's beauty is conferred — 'perfect through my splendor, which I had bestowed on you' (Ezekiel 16:14; Ephesians 5:26-27).

to blacken
to be sunburnt

Septuagint usage

1 occurrence in the LXX Reference interlinear: Song of Solomon 1:6 (you should not look at me, for I am being blackened, for the sun looked over me; the sons of my mother quarreled with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards — my own vineyard I kept not).

G3189

μέλας (mélas)

(mel'-as | MEH-lahs | MAY-lahs)

Definition

apparently a primary word; black; black.

black
black ink

G3190

Μελεᾶς (Meleâs)

(mel-eh-as' | meh-leh-AS | may-lay-AS)

Definition

my dear friend, object of care; of uncertain origin; Meleas, an Israelite; Meleas.

the son of Joseph in the genealogy of Christ

G3191

μελετάω (meletáō)

(mel-et-ah'-o | meh-leh-TA-oh | may-lay-TA-oh)

Definition

from a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of, i.e., (by implication) revolve in the mind; imagine, (pre-)meditate.

to care for, attend to carefully, practise
to meditate i.e., to devise, contrive
- used of the Greeks of the meditative pondering and the practice of orators and rhetoricians

G3191.1

μελέτη (meletē)

(me-LEH-tee)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Feminine noun from μελετάω (G3191, to meditate); meditation, musing — the acceptable meditation of the heart before the Lord, and Psalm 119's refrain: your law, your testimonies, your statutes are my meditation.

meditation, musing

Septuagint usage

14 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Psalms 19:14 (let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before you); Psalms 49:3 (the meditation of my heart shall be understanding); Psalms 119:77 (your law is my meditation); Psalms 119:92.

G3192

μέλι (méli)

(mel'-ee | MEH-lee | MAY-lee)

Definition

apparently a primary word; honey; honey.

honey

For the Septuagint (ABP) words at this number, see G3192.1–G3192.2 below.

G3192.1

μελίζω (melizō)

(meh-LEE-zoh)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Verb — to dismember, divide limb by limb (μέλος, G3196, limb). The sacrificial verb of Leviticus 1 — and the summons-verb of Israel's starkest signs: the Levite's concubine, Saul's oxen, Elijah's bull on Carmel.

to dismember, cut in pieces

Septuagint usage

6 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Leviticus 1:6 (the whole burnt offering skinned and dismembered into its pieces); Judges 19:29 (the concubine divided into twelve pieces, sent through all the borders of Israel); 1 Samuel 11:7 (Saul's oxen cut up and sent by messengers through all Israel); 1 Kings 18:33 (Elijah dismembers the bull and lays it on the wood before the fire falls).

G3192.2

μέλισσα (melissa)

(MEH-lees-sah)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — a bee (from μέλι, honey). The pursuing swarm: the Amorites chasing Israel as bees do, the psalmist surrounded like a fire of thorns — and the bee of Assyria summoned by the LORD's whistle.

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Deuteronomy 1:44 (the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you, as bees do — and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah); Psalms 118:12 (they surrounded me like bees — they were quenched like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off); Isaiah 7:18 (in that day the LORD will whistle for the fly at the end of the streams of Egypt — and for the bee in the land of Assyria).

G3193

μελίσσιος (melíssios)

(mel-is'-see-os | meh-LEES-see-ose | may-LEES-see-ose)

Definition

from G3192; relating to honey, i.e., bee (comb); honeycomb.

of bees, made by bees

G3193.1

μελισσών (melissōn)

(meh-lees-SON)

Definition

Septuagint (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) extension number — a Greek OT word absent from the NT Strong's list. Noun — an apiary, a place of bees and honeycomb. The swarm in the lion's carcass on Samson's road — and the dripping honey of the forest floor that lit Jonathan's eyes on the day of Saul's rash oath.

apiary
place of honeycomb

Septuagint usage

3 occurrences in the LXX Reference interlinear: Judges 14:8 (Samson turned aside to see the carcass of the lion — and behold, an apiary of bees in the body of the lion, and honey); 1 Samuel 14:25 (all the land came into the apiary of the forest — and there was honey on the face of the field); 1 Samuel 14:26 (the people entered the apiary, and behold, the honey dripped — but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath).

G3194

Μελίτη (Melítē)

(mel-ee'-tay | meh-LEE-tay | may-LEE-tay)

Definition

honey; of uncertain origin; Melita, an island in the Mediterranean; Melita.

the name of an island in the Mediterranean, lying between Africa and Sicily, now called Malta

G3195

μέλλω (méllō)

(mel'-lo | MEL-loh | MALE-loh)

Definition

a strengthened form of G3199 (through the idea of expectation); to intend, i.e., be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation); about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet.

to be about
- to be on the point of doing or suffering something
- to intend, have in mind, think to

G3196

μέλος (mélos)

(mel'-os | MEH-lose | MAY-lose)

Definition

of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body; member.

a member, limb: a member of the human body
- of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot's body

G3197

Μελχί (Melchí)

(mel-khee' | mel-HEE | male-HEE)

Definition

my king, my counsel; of Hebrew origin (H4428 with pronominal suffix, my king); Melchi (i.e., Malki), the name of two Israelites; Melchi.

the son of Janna in the genealogy of Christ
Melchi was the son of Addi in the genealogy of Christ

G3198

Μελχισεδέκ (Melchisedék)

(mel-khis-ed-ek' | mel-hee-seh-THEK | male-hee-say-THAKE)

Definition

king of righteousness; of Hebrew origin (H4442); Melchisedek (also Melchisedec or Malki-tsedek); Melchisedec.

the king of Peace (i.e., Salem) and priest of the most high God, who appeared in the days of Abraham
evidently, a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ

G3199

μέλω (mélō)

(mel'-o | MEH-loh | MAY-loh)

Definition

a primary verb; to be of interest to, i.e., to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters); (take) care.

to care about

G3200

μεμβράνα (membrána)

(mem-bran'-ah | mem-VRA-na | mame-VRA-na)

Definition

of Latin origin ("membrane"); a (written) sheep-skin; parchment.

parchment, made first of dressed skins at Pergamos, hence its name

Linked Mentions 88

Trajectory Tables 7

Lexicon 81

Greek Lexicon G3101–G3200 (Strong's)

G3101

μαθητής (mathētḗs)

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G3102

μαθήτρια (mathḗtria)

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G3103

Μαθουσάλα (Mathousála)

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G3103.1

μαῖα (maia)

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G3103.2

μαιμάσσω (maimassō)

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G3104

Μαϊνάν (Maïnán)

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G3105

μαίνομαι (maínomai)

Definition

G3105.1

μαιόομαι (maioomai)

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G3106

μακαρίζω (makarízō)

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G3107

μακάριος (makários)

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G3108

μακαρισμός (makarismós)

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G3108.1

μακαριστός (makaristos)

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G3109

Μακεδονία (Makedonía)

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G3110

Μακεδών (Makedṓn)

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G3111

μάκελλον (mákellon)

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G3112

μακράν (makrán)

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G3112.1

μακρόβιος (makrobios)

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G3112.2

μακροημερεύω (makroēmereuō)

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G3112.3

μακροήμερος (makroēmeros)

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G3113

μακρόθεν (makróthen)

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G3114

μακροθυμέω (makrothyméō)

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