What does μείζων (meízōn) mean in the Bible?
G3187 is registered as a Greek comparative adjective with the lexical sense greater, larger, or older. The current governed BSB word table, however, contains zero tokens assigned directly to G3187.
Greek · G3187
μείζων
Larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
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μείζων G3187
Pronunciation meízōn
What does μείζων (meízōn) mean in the Bible?
G3187 is registered as a Greek comparative adjective with the lexical sense greater, larger, or older. The current governed BSB word table, however, contains zero tokens assigned directly to G3187.
Reader summary
Full entry for μείζων (G3187) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3187?
G3187 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
What This Word Actually Means
G3187 is registered as a Greek comparative adjective with the lexical sense greater, larger, or older. The current governed BSB word table, however, contains zero tokens assigned directly to G3187. A separately governed evidence relationship connects this identity to G3173 for source-specific comparative-form discovery only. That relationship is not global identity equivalence and transfers no occurrence ownership.
Because the direct governed denominator is zero and other source systems disagree, this record cannot presently supply passage anchors, usage patterns, morphology claims, canonical synthesis, or pastoral application. Its English gloss is an identity aid, not a conclusion drawn from local occurrence evidence. The honest result is an evidence gap: preserve the registered identity, prevent double counting, and keep authoring on hold until a separately authorized count or crosswalk decision supplies governed direct evidence.
Prior passage-based teaching prose is withdrawn rather than treated as validated G3187 content.
How the Bible Uses It
No first significant use is asserted because the governed BSB word table contains no direct G3187 occurrence.
The current witness establishes no direct G3187 verse sequence. G3173-coded comparative forms may help reviewers locate source-specific context, but registered authority prohibits transferring those tokens into G3187. Other local source systems report incompatible direct counts, and that disagreement does not establish a governed passage set.
Accordingly, this record makes no claim about first use, distribution, morphology, theology, or canonical movement. Future curation must begin with a separately authorized relationship and count decision rather than inheriting earlier anchors.
No canonical or theological trajectory is asserted for G3187 from the current governed occurrence evidence.
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not turn the comparative 'greater' into a general promise of personal advancement; each passage must identify what is being compared and why.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim that any G3173 verse is a direct G3187 occurrence.
- Do not claim a G3187 canonical pattern, theological synthesis, or pastoral lesson from the present governed evidence.
- Do not claim that one local source-system count resolves the recorded disagreement.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
Source Gloss
larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
Extended definition
:--elder, greater(-est), more.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Pet 2:11 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 11:29–32 μεῖζον meízōn
Greater
Word Origins
μείζων is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
For the Preacher and Teacher
What this word opens up
No passage-governed teaching path is open for G3187 while its direct governed occurrence set remains empty.
What it corrects
This evidence-gap record corrects the transfer of G3173-coded comparison contexts into G3187 as though they were direct occurrences.
Framing suggestions
Do not frame G3187 as a preaching entry yet. Identify it as a lexical identity under evidence and count review.
Watch points
- Do not infer a passage pattern from a lexical gloss alone.
- Do not turn context-only G3173 evidence into G3187 occurrence ownership.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain