τοσοῦτος
tosoutos
so great
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word τοσοῦτος (tosoutos, Strong's number G5118) is used 21 times in the Bible to convey the idea of something being "so great". Its short definition provides a straightforward indication of its comparative magnitude, suggesting a high degree or intensity. In terms of usage, τοσοῦτος is used in a variety of contexts, encompassing both abstract concepts, such as joy (e.g., John 16:22, 24) and physical phenomena, like the heat of fire (e.g., Matthew 5:22, 38:24). This flexibility in application allows it to effectively convey a range of comparative degrees, from "as much as" to "up to the point of exceeding." This word's significance lies in its ability to highlight the relative extent or scope of a particular aspect of human experience. Whether in descriptions of emotions, physical sensations, or material possessions, τοσοῦτος consistently serves to emphasize the extent or intensity of a given phenomenon, drawing attention to the comparative aspect of the situation.
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Occurrences in Scripture
21 total occurrences across the text
When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
Matthew 15:33The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
Matthew 15:33The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
Luke 7:9When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”
Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
John 6:9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
John 21:11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish. Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.
Acts 5:8Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”
Acts 5:8Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”
1 Corinthians 14:10There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
Galatians 3:4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
Hebrews 1:4having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.
Hebrews 4:7he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 7:22By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.
Hebrews 10:25not 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 12:1Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Revelation 18:7However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’
Revelation 18:17For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
Revelation 21:16The city is square, and its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.