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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.

2. (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.

Greek

3167. megaleios -- magnificent, splendid
... magnificent, splendid. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: megaleios Phonetic
Spelling: (meg-al-i'-os) Short Definition: grand, magnificent Definition ...
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2986. lampros -- bright
... bright. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: lampros Phonetic Spelling:
(lam-pros') Short Definition: shining, magnificent, bright Definition: shining ...
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3169. megaloprepes -- befitting a great one
... a great one. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: megaloprepes Phonetic Spelling:
(meg-al-op-rep-ace') Short Definition: magnificent, superb, transcendent ...
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3176. megistos -- greatest
... greatest. Transliteration: megistos Phonetic Spelling: (meg'-is-tos) Short Definition:
magnificent. ... of megas Definition greatest NASB Word Usage magnificent (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

145. eder -- glory, magnificence, a mantle, cloak
... 144, 145. eder. 146 . glory, magnificence, a mantle, cloak. Transliteration:
eder Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-der) Short Definition: magnificent. ...
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117. addir -- majestic
... Word Origin from adar Definition majestic NASB Word Usage glorious (1), leader
(1), magnificent (1), majestic (4), majestic ones (1), masters (3), mighty (6 ...
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142. adar -- wide, great
... become glorious, honorable. A primitive root; to expand, ie Be great or (figuratively)
magnificent -- (become) glorious, honourable. 141, 142. adar. 143 . ...
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1431. gadal -- to grow up, become great
... 15), grew...great (1), grow (2), grow long (1), grown (5), grown-up (1), grows
(1), highly valued (2), increase (1), lifted (1), magnificent (1), magnified (15 ...
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Library

He Thus Proceeds to a Magnificent Discourse of the Interpretation ...
... He thus proceeds to a magnificent discourse of the interpretation of "Mediator,"
"Like," "Ungenerate," and "generate," and of "The likeness and seal of the ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 12 he thus proceeds.htm

Herod is Confirmed in his Kingdom by Caesar, and Cultivates a ...
... Herod Is Confirmed In His Kingdom By Caesar, And Cultivates A Friendship With The
Emperor By Magnificent Presents; While Caesar Returns His Kindness By ...
/.../chapter 20 herod is confirmed.htm

How Herod Rebuilt the Temple and Raised it Higher and Made it More ...
... How Herod Rebuilt The Temple And Raised It Higher And Made It More Magnificent Than
It Was Before; As Also Concerning That Tower Which He Called Antonia. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how herod rebuilt.htm

Whether the Matter of Magnificence is Great Expenditure?
... Objection 2: Further, "every magnificent man is liberal" (Ethic. iv, 2).
But liberality is about gifts rather than about expenditure. ...
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Whether Magnificence is a virtue?
... Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 2) that "not every liberal man is magnificent."
Therefore magnificence is not a virtue. Objection 2 ...
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Whether Meanness is a vice?
... For just as vice moderates great things, so does it moderate little things:
wherefore both the liberal and the magnificent do little things. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether meanness is a vice.htm

The Magnificence of Prayer
... Our office is not the apostolic office, but Paul would be the first to say to us
that our office is quite as magnificent as ever his office was. ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/i the magnificence of prayer.htm

Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
... [ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR]. Of all the wonders of the world, the temple of Solomon
was beyond comparison the greatest and the most magnificent. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/solomons temple spiritualized.htm

One of Paul's Thanksgivings
... Paul is a magnificent writer. We have seen one magnificent manner of Paul's writing
already; and there is another in this magnificent passage. ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/xiii one of pauls thanksgivings.htm

Elegance and Grace
... Whatever may be pleasing in the thought, beautiful in the expression, agreeable
in the turn, magnificent in the metaphor, elaborate in the composition, the ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/elegance and grace.htm

Thesaurus

Magnificent (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.
Multi-Version Concordance Magnificent (9 Occurrences). ...
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Magnificence (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Greatness; splendor; glory; the act of doing
what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. ...
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Mamre (10 Occurrences)
... Tradition has centered round three different sites at various periods: (1) The modern
tradition points to a magnificent oak (Quercus ilex, Arabic Sindian), 1 1 ...
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Triumph (52 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed
in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. ...
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Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)
... He built many temples and palaces, the most magnificent of which was the south-west
palace at Nimrud, which is said to have been in its general design almost ...
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Magnificently (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a Magnificent manner. Multi-Version
Concordance Magnificently (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 23:12 She ...
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Magnifical
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MAGNIFICAL. mag-nif'-i ...
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Achmetha (1 Occurrence)
... coolness of the climate. Herodotus describes it as a magnificent city fortified
with seven concentric walls (i.98). Its citadel (biretha ...
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Shushan (19 Occurrences)
... It is the modern Shush, on the northwest of Shuster. Once a magnificent city, it
is now an immense mass of ruins. Here Daniel saw one of his visions (Dan. ...
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Cedar (61 Occurrences)
... It consists of a group of about 400 trees, among them some magnificent old patriarchs,
which lies on the bare slopes of the Lebanon some 6,000 ft. ...
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Bible Concordance

Magnificent (9 Occurrences)

Mark 13:1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"
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2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
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Judges 5:25 He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
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1 Kings 8:13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
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1 Chronicles 22:5 David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
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2 Chronicles 2:9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
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2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
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Isaiah 28:29 This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
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Zechariah 11:13 Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
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Subtopics

Magnificent

Related Terms

Magnificence (9 Occurrences)

Mamre (10 Occurrences)

Triumph (52 Occurrences)

Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)

Magnificently (1 Occurrence)

Magnifical

Achmetha (1 Occurrence)

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

Cedar (61 Occurrences)