Majesty
μεγαλειότηςStrong’s G3168megaleiotēs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Megaleiotēs is the Greek word usually translated “majesty”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
Meaning
Usually translated “majesty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- majesty 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 9:43And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
- Acts 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Greek dictionary
μεγαλειότης megaleiotēs · majesty
μεγαλειότης, -ητος, ἡ (μεγαλεῖος) [in LXX: Jer.33:9 (תִּפְאָרָה), Dan LXX 7:27, 1Es.1:5 Est.4:40 * ;] splendour, magnificence: Luk.9:43, Act.19:27, 2Pe.1:16 (frequently in π. as a ceremonial title, MM, xvi).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “majesty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAJ'ESTY, noun
[Latin majestas, from the root of magis, major, more, greater.]
- Greatness of appearance; dignity; grandeur; dignity of aspect or manner; the quality or state of a person or thing which inspires awe or reverence in the beholder; applied with peculiar propriety to God and his works.“Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty” Psalms 93:1“The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty” Psalms 29:4
- Dignity; elevation of manner.
- A title of emperors, kings and queens; as most royal majesty; may it please your majesty In this sense, it admits of the plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.