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Strong's G3170 μεγαλύνω (megalyno)

Megalyno means “enlarge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3170 — yachzerah (“Jahzerah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3170
Language Greek
Linked Usages 94
Books 32

Strong's G3170 Quick Answer

Strong's G3170 μεγαλύνω (megaluno) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. megaluno (meg-al-oo'-no) v. 1. to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol [from G3173] It has 94 linked Bible usages across 32 books. Visible English usage signals include magnify, make, and great. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
megaluno (meg-al-oo'-no) v. 1. to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol [from G3173]
Usage
94 linked usages
Books
32 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
magnify, make, and great

Meaning and Definition

megaluno (meg-al-oo'-no) v. 1. to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol [from G3173] KJV: enlarge, magnify, shew great Root(s): G3173

Original Word
μεγαλύνω
Transliteration
megaluno
Derivation
Root: μέγας R1: 3173
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3170. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to magnify

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3170 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render megaluno, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

magnify Luke 1:46 great Luke 1:58 make Matthew 23:5

How Strong's G3170 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 79 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3170 (μεγαλύνω) appears 88 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3170 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3170 in the New Testament

8 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 23:5 KJV

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Luke 1:46 KJV

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

Luke 1:58 KJV

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

Strong's G3170 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

79 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 12:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 19:19 Septuagint / Brenton

since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

Genesis 43:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.

Strong's G3170 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 12:18 Septuagint / Brenton

So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.

1 Maccabees 10:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words, so as he magnified him.

Wisdom of Solomon 19:22 Septuagint / Brenton

For in all things, O Lord, thou didst magnify thy people, and glorify them, Neither didst thou lightly regard them: but didst assist them in every time and place.

Usage Excerpts

First 94 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3170.

Genesis 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.
Genesis 43:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
Numbers 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou wilt offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a meat offering to perform a vow, or a freewill offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock:
Numbers 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye sacrifice a bullock from the herd for a whole burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace offering to the Lord,
1 Kingdoms 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord visited Hannah, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 2:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the child Samuel advanced, and was in favor with God and with men.
1 Kingdoms 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
1 Kingdoms 12:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.
1 Kingdoms 26:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, as thy life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction.
2 Kingdoms 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty was with him.
2 Kingdoms 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that he may magnify thee, O my Lord; for there is no one like thee, and there is no God but thou among all of whom we have heard with our ears.
2 Kingdoms 7:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy name be magnified forever.
2 Kingdoms 22:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He magnifies the salvation of his king, And works mercy for his anointed, Even for David and for his seed forever.
3 Kingdoms 1:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord King David.
3 Kingdoms 1:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord King David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshiped upon his bed.
3 Kingdoms 10:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
1 Chronicles 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty was with him.
1 Chronicles 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From thee come wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand is strength and rule; and thou art almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things.
1 Chronicles 29:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him.
2 Chronicles 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.
Ezra 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Job 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? Or that thou givest heed to him?
Job 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And insult me with reproach.
Psalms 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who have said, We will magnify our tongue; Our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?
Psalms 17:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God magnifies the deliverances of his king; And deals mercifully with David his anointed, And his seed, forever.
Psalms 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We will exult in thy salvation, And in the name of our God shall we be magnified: The Lord fulfill all thy petitions.
Psalms 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: But we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalms 33:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Magnify ye the Lord with me, And let us exalt his name together.
Psalms 34:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: And let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, Who desire the peace of his servant.
Psalms 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; And let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 40:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 56:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, And thy truth to the clouds.
Psalms 68:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;
Psalms 69:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let all that seek thee exult and be glad in thee: And let those that love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Psalms 91:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! Thy thoughts are very deep.
Psalms 103:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; Thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honor:
Psalms 103:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How great are thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast thou wrought them all: The earth is filled with thy creation.
Psalms 125:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then was our mouth filled with joy, And our tongue with exultation: Then would they say among the Gentiles,
Psalms 125:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has done great things among them. The Lord has done great things for us, We became joyful.
Psalms 137:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks to thy name, On account of thy mercy and thy truth; For thou hast magnified thy holy name above everything.
Proverbs 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By me nobles become great, And monarchs by me rule over the earth.
Ecclesiastes 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, And have acquired wisdom beyond all Who were before me in Jerusalem: Also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I became great, And advanced beyond all That were before me in Jerusalem: Also my wisdom was established to me.
Isaiah 42:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify his praise.
Jeremiah 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Jeremiah 31:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughingstock.
Jeremiah 31:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.
Jeremiah 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus saith the Lord.
Lamentations 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Her uncleanness is before her feet; She remembered not her last end; She has lowered her boasting tone, There is none to comfort her. Behold, O Lord, my affliction: For the enemy has magnified himself.
Lamentations 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall I testify to thee, Or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? Who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: Who shall heal thee?
Lamentations 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased Beyond the iniquities of Sodom, The city that was overthrown very suddenly, And none labored against her with their hands.
Ezekiel 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is become very exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness: because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon it.
Ezekiel 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
increase; I have made thee as the springing grass of the field. So thou didst increase and grow, and didst enter into great cities: thy breasts were set, and thy hair grew, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
Ezekiel 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,
Ezekiel 38:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will be magnified, and sanctified, and glorified; and I will be known in the presence of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Daniel 2:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king promoted Daniel, and gave him great and abundant gifts, and set him over the whole province of Babylon, and made him chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:
Daniel 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;
Daniel 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
is thyself, O king; for thou art grown great and powerful, and thy greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and thy dominion to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 4:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions’ hairs, and his nails as birds’ claws.
Daniel 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.
Daniel 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other horns rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And out of one of them came forth one strong horn, and it grew very great toward the south, and toward the host:
Daniel 8:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth some of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them.
Daniel 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.
Daniel 11:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end.
Daniel 11:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Joel 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will chase away from you the northern adversary, and will drive him away into a dry land, and I will sink his face in the former sea, and his back parts in the latter sea, and his ill savor shall come up, and his stink shall come up, because he has wrought great things.
Joel 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.
Amos 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the Sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?
Micah 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye that are in Gath, exalt not yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from the ruins of the house in derision: sprinkle dust in the place of your laughter.
Micah 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
Zephaniah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
Zephaniah 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Judah as at the beginning, that the boast of the house of David, and the pride of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not magnify themselves against Judah.
Zechariah 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain.
Malachi 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord has been magnified upon the borders of Israel.
Matthew 23:5 New Testament, KJV
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Luke 1:46 New Testament, KJV
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Luke 1:58 New Testament, KJV
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
Acts 5:13 New Testament, KJV
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Acts 10:46 New Testament, KJV
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
Acts 19:17 New Testament, KJV
And 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 10:15 New Testament, KJV
Not 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 1:20 New Testament, KJV
According 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.
Judith 12:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.
1 Maccabees 10:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words, so as he magnified him.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For in all things, O Lord, thou didst magnify thy people, and glorify them, Neither didst thou lightly regard them: but didst assist them in every time and place.
Wisdom of Sirach 36:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A man of understanding trusteth in the law; And the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? And who can magnify him as he is?
Wisdom of Sirach 45:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He made him like to the glorious saints, And magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was even as a signet on the right hand:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3170, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3170 FAQ

What does megalyno (μεγαλύνω) mean?

Megalyno (Strong's G3170) is a Greek word most simply glossed "enlarge". megaluno (meg-al-oo'-no) v. 1. to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol [from G3173]

How many times is megalyno (μεγαλύνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 94 linked usages for Strong's G3170 across 32 books.

Where can I study megalyno (μεγαλύνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3170 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate megalyno (μεγαλύνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as magnify, make, and great. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3170 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 79 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3170, with linked reader references where each row is available.