greatly, very much, vehemently, Phi. 4.10. Μεγαλωσύνη, ης, ἡ, greatness, majesty, He. 1.3; 8.1; ascribed majesty, Jude 25: (S.) from Μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα, compar. μείζων, superl. μέγιστος, great, large in size, Mat. 27.60. Mar. 4.32, et al.; great, much, numerous, Mar. 5.11. He. 11.26; great, grown up, adult, He. 11.24; great, vehement, intense, Mat. 2.10; 28.8; great, sumptuous, Lu. 5.29; great, important, weighty, of moment, 1 Co. 9.11; 13.13; great, splended, magnificent, Re. 15.3; extraordinary, wonderful, 2 Co. 11.15; great, solemn, Jno. 7.37; 19.31; great in rank, noble, Re. 11.18; 13.16; great in dignity, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, powerful, Mat. 5.19; 18.1, 4, et al.; great, arrogant, boastful, Re. 13.5: whence Μέγεθος, εος, τό, greatness, vastness, Eph. 1.19. Μεγιστᾶνες, ων, οἱ great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mar. 6.21. Re. 6.15; 18.23. L.G. Μέγιστος, η, ον, greatest; pre-eminent, 2 Pe. 1.4. Μεθερμηνεύω, (μετά & ἑρμηνεύω) f. εύσω, to translate, interpret, Mat. 1.23. Mar. 5.41, et al. L.G. Μέθη, ης, ἡ, (μέθυ) strong drink; drunkenness, Lu. 21.34; a debauch in drinking, Ro. 13.13. Ga. 5.21. Μεθίστημι, later also μεθιστάνω, (ᾰ) (μετά & ἵστημι) f. μεταστήσω, a.1. μετέστησα, to cause a change of position; to remove, transport, 1 Co. 13.2; to transfer, Col. 1.13; met. to cause to change sides; by impl. to pervert, mislead, Ac. 19.26; to remove from office, dismiss, discard, Lu. 16.4. Ac. 13.22. Μεθοδεία, ας, ἡ, (μεθοδεύω, to trace, investigate; to handle methodically; to handle cunningly; fr. μέθοδος, μετά & ὁδός) artifice, wile, Ep. 4.14; 6.11. N.T. Μεθόριον, ου, τό, (neut. from μεθόριος, interjacent, μετά & ὅρος) confine, border, Mar. 7.24. Μεθύσκω, (μέθυ, strong drink) f. μεθύσω, a.1. pass. ἐμεθύσθην, to inebriate, make drunk; pass. to be intoxicated, to be drunk, Lu. 12.45. 1 Th. 5.7, et al.; to drink freely, Jno. 2.10. Μέθῠσος, ου, ὁ, ἡ, (μέθυ) drunken; a drunkard, 1 Co. 5.11; 6.10. Μεθύω, (μέθυ) to be intoxicated, be drunk, Mat. 24.49, et al. (ῠ). Μειζότερος, α, ον, greater, 3 Jno. 4: double comparat. from Μείζων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ, τό, -ον, greater: comparat. of μέγας. Μέλαν, ᾰνος, τό, (neut. fr. μέλας) ink, 2 Co. 3.3. 2 Jno. 12. 3 Jno. 13. Μέλας, αινα, αν, black, Mat. 5.36. Re. 6.5, 12. Μέλει, f. μελήσει, imperf. ἔμελε, imperat. μελέτω, impers. verb, there is a care, it concerns, Mat. 22.16. Ac. 18.17. 1 Co. 9.9, et al.: whence Μελετάω, ῶ, f. ήσω, a.1. ἐμελέτησα, to care for; to bestow careful thought upon, to give painful attention to, be earnest in, 1 Ti. 4.15; to devise, Ac. 4.25; absol. to study beforehand, premeditate, Mar. 13.11. Μέλι, ῐτος, τό, honey, Mat. 3.4. Mar. 1.6. Re. 10.9, 10. Μελίσσιος, ιου, ὁ, ἡ, τόν, -ον, (μέλισσα, a bee, μέλι) of bees, made by bees, Lu. 24.42. Μέλλω, f. ήσω, imperf. ἐμελλον, At. ἤμελλον, to be about to, be on the point of, Mat. 2.13. Jno. 4.47;