The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μεγαλύνω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaμεγαλύνω
Citation formμεγαλύνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI enlarge, magnify, extol
Strong’sG3170
Transliterationmegalýnō
Definitionto make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol
KJV glosses:--enlarge, magnify, shew great.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences8

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐμεγάλυνεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 1:58
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Acts 5:13
ἐμεγαλύνετο
verb, third person, imperfect, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IPI-S--) — Acts 19:17
Μεγαλύνει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Luke 1:46
μεγαλυνθῆναι
verb, aorist, passive, infinitive (MorphGNT -APN----) — 2 Corinthians 10:15
μεγαλυνθήσεται
verb, third person, future, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FPI-S--) — Philippians 1:20
μεγαλυνόντων
verb, present, active, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPGPM-) — Acts 10:46
μεγαλύνουσι
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Matthew 23:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μεγαλυνω.