μεγαλοπρεπής
megaloprepḗs · G3169 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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very wonderful, sublime
Pertaining to being unusually attractive and beautiful
Examples2 Peter 1:17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a declaration as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory: “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”—
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Sublime Glory, Majestic Glory
A title for God, literally: majestic glory
Examples2 Peter 1:17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a declaration as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory: “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”—
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- σεμνός semnós · G4586 · honorable, worthy of respect, of good character
- Both describe qualities of dignity and worthiness of reverence, though σεμνός emphasizes moral dignity and venerability while μεγαλοπρεπής emphasizes magnificent grandeur. They overlap in contexts of appropriate honor and reverence.
- ἔνδοξος éndoxos · G1741 · glorious, splendid, wonderful
- Both terms describe something marked by splendor and glory. ἔνδοξος emphasizes the glory or honor inherent in something, while μεγαλοπρεπής emphasizes the magnificence befitting greatness. Substantial semantic overlap in denoting grandeur.
In the other Testament 2 words
- הָדָר hâdâr · H1926 · majesty, majestic, citron tree
- Hebrew noun expressing magnificence and majesty, the natural translation equivalent for the Greek adjective μεγαλοπρεπής which describes something as befitting greatness/magnificence. Both terms denote grandeur and splendor appropriate to divine or royal contexts.
- אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr · H117 · mighty, majestic, noble
- Hebrew adjective meaning majestic or magnificent, used of God and nobles. Direct semantic overlap with μεγαλοπρεπής as both describe something worthy of greatness or possessing majesty.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Very wonderful, sublime79.14
- This lexeme describes something magnificent or sublime. 2 Peter 1:17 recounts the divine voice at the Transfiguration, “such a declaration as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory.”
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μεγαλοπρεπες, genitive μεγαλοπρεποῦς, (μέγας, and πρέπει it is becoming (see πρέπω)),…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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