Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
majesty
Usage: μεγαλωσύνη, -ης, ἡ (μέγας) [in LXX chiefly for גְּדוּלָה and cogn. forms, 2Ki.7:23, Psa.145:3, al. ;] greatness, majesty: Heb.1:3 8:1, Ju 25 (elsewhere Eccl. only).† (AS)
Megalosyne means “majesty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3172 — yechieli (“Jehieli”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3172 μεγαλωσύνη (megalosune) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. megalosune (meg-al-o-soo'-nay) n. 1. greatness 2. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself) It has 34 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include himself, majesty, and god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
megalosune (meg-al-o-soo'-nay) n. 1. greatness 2. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself) [from G3173] KJV: majesty Root(s): G3173
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majesty
Usage: μεγαλωσύνη, -ης, ἡ (μέγας) [in LXX chiefly for גְּדוּלָה and cogn. forms, 2Ki.7:23, Psa.145:3, al. ;] greatness, majesty: Heb.1:3 8:1, Ju 25 (elsewhere Eccl. only).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render megalosune, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, 1 Enoch, and New Testament. 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.
Strong's G3172 (μεγαλωσύνη) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For I have called on the name of the Lord: Assign ye greatness to our God.
And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,
And what other nation in the earth is as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations and their tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt?
9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father forever.
And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
5 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord, But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words With your impure mouths against His greatness. Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.
And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers
than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to
First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3172.
For I have called on the name of the Lord: Assign ye greatness to our God.
And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,
And what other nation in the earth is as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations and their tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt?
And thou hast wrought all this greatness according to thy heart.
And David said, My son Solomon is a tender child, and the house for me to build to the Lord is for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled.
Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before thee; According to the greatness of thine arm Preserve the sons of the slain ones.
The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; And there is no end of his greatness.
And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible acts; And recount thy greatness.
Praise him on account of his mighty acts: Praise him according to his abundant greatness.
The name of the Lord is of great strength; And the righteous running to it are exalted.
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.
At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my natural form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.
O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory:
and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he smote; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased.
And the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings that are under the whole heaven were given to the saints of the Most High; and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all powers shall serve and obey him.
There is a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father forever.
And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written, for they were very many.
For in the long garment was the whole world, And in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, And thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.
Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: For as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Who shall number the strength of his majesty? And who shall also tell out his mercies?
Magnify his name, And show forth his praise With the songs of your lips, and with harps, And in praising him ye shall say after this manner:
The Lord hath wrought great glory by them Through his great power from the beginning.
But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord, But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words With your impure mouths against His greatness. Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.
And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers
than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to
For ye men shall put on more adornments than a woman, And coloured garments more than a virgin: In royalty and in grandeur and in power, And in silver and in gold and in purple, And in splendour and in food they shall be poured out as water.
the dew from descending on the earth on your account, what will ye do then? And if He sends His anger upon you because of your deeds, ye cannot petition Him; for ye spake proud and insolent
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3172, grouped by book.
Megalosyne (Strong's G3172) is a Greek word most simply glossed "majesty". megalosune (meg-al-o-soo'-nay) n. 1. greatness 2. (figuratively) divinity (often God himself)
This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G3172 across 15 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3172 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as himself, majesty, and god. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 5 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3172, with linked reader references where each row is available.