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μᾶλλον G3123
G3123 is the Greek word μᾶλλον, transliterated mâllon. The King James Version most often renders it more.
What it means
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather.
Where it comes from
neuter of the comparative of the same as G3122 (μάλιστα).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 82 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: + better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
Verses using μᾶλλον
The first 40 of 80 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 6:26 · KJV
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 6:30 · KJV
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Matthew 7:11 · KJV
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Matthew 10:6 · KJV
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:25 · KJV
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Matthew 10:28 · KJV
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 18:13 · KJV
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
Matthew 25:9 · KJV
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Matthew 27:24 · KJV
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Mark 5:26 · KJV
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mark 7:36 · KJV
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Mark 9:42 · KJV
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Mark 10:48 · KJV
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark 14:31 · KJV
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
Mark 15:11 · KJV
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Luke 5:15 · KJV
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
Luke 10:20 · KJV
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke 11:13 · KJV
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke 12:24 · KJV
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke 12:28 · KJV
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Luke 18:39 · KJV
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
John 3:19 · KJV
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 5:18 · KJV
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
John 12:43 · KJV
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 19:8 · KJV
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
Acts 4:19 · KJV
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Acts 5:14 · KJV
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts 5:29 · KJV
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 9:22 · KJV
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Acts 20:35 · KJV
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 22:2 · KJV
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts 27:11 · KJV
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
Romans 5:9 · KJV
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Romans 5:10 · KJV
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Romans 5:15 · KJV
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Romans 5:17 · KJV
For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Romans 8:34 · KJV
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Romans 11:12 · KJV
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Romans 11:24 · KJV
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Romans 14:13 · KJV
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3123 mean?
G3123 is the Greek word μᾶλλον (mâllon), meaning (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather.
How is G3123 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it more (36 times), rather (32 times), much the more (2 times), better (2 times), more than (2 times), among others.
How many times does G3123 appear in the Bible?
μᾶλλον (mâllon) is tagged in 80 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3123 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: neuter of the comparative of the same as G3122 (μάλιστα).
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