Biblica Analytica
G3123G Greek

μᾶλλον

mallon

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Lexicon Entry

Definition
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Transliteration
mallon
Strong's Number
G3123G
Occurrences
51

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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The Greek word μᾶλλον (mallon) translates to "more" in English. This single word plays a significant role in 51 different contexts throughout the Bible, demonstrating its importance in conveying comparative meaning. Its presence is scattered throughout various genres, from the Gospels to epistles, highlighting its universal applicability. Mallon is used to express degrees of comparison, often contrasting quantities, qualities, or states. It can be translated as "more," "greater," or "farther," depending on the context. This versatility in usage enables mallon to convey a range of nuances, from emphasizing extremes to highlighting degrees of distinction. Its frequency in the Bible suggests that the concept of comparison and degree was a significant aspect of biblical thought and communication. The significance of mallon lies in its role as a linguistic tool that facilitated complex and detailed expression in the biblical context. By employing this single word, biblical authors could convey a multitude of comparative meanings, adding depth and precision to their messages. This linguistic nuance highlights the sophisticated nature of biblical language and the importance of considering the nuances of translation in understanding the original text.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G3123G
Lemma
μᾶλλον
Transliteration
mallon
Definition
more
Occurrences
51
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

51 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 6:26

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:30

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

Matthew 18:13

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

Mark 7:36

He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

Mark 10:48

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

Mark 14:31

But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.

Luke 5:15

But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Luke 11:13

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

Luke 12:28

But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

Luke 18:39

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

John 5:18

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 12:43

for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

John 19:8

When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.

Acts 5:14

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

Acts 9:22

But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Acts 22:2

When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

Acts 27:11

But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

Romans 5:9

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Romans 5:15

But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

Romans 5:17

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

Romans 11:12

Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

Romans 11:24

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

1 Corinthians 12:22

No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

1 Corinthians 14:5

Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:18

I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.

2 Corinthians 3:8

won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

2 Corinthians 7:13

Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

2 Corinthians 12:9

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate have more children than her who has a husband.”

Philippians 1:9

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 1:9

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 1:23

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Philippians 2:12

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Philippians 3:4

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

1 Timothy 6:2

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

Hebrews 10:25

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?