Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
μάλα (G3123)
81 μάλα , adv. , [in LXX for אֲבָל , III Ki 1:43 , Da LXX 10:21 , al.; compar. for מ , Nu 13:32 ( 31 ), al.; μᾶλλον ἠ ( מ ), Ge 19:9 , al.; superlat., II Mac 8:7 , IV Mac 4:22 12:9 15:4 ;] Pos., very , very much , exceedingly (cl.; LXX ut supr.; in NT its place is taken by λίαν , σφόδρα , etc.). Compar., μᾶλλον . Of increase, more ; with qualifying words: πολλῷ , Mk 10:48 , Lk 18:39 , Ro 5:15 , 17 , Phl 2:12 , al.; πόσῳ , Lk 12:24 , Ro 11:12 , al.; τοσούτῳ . . . ὅσῳ , He 10:25 . Of comparison, the more : Lk 5:15 , Jo 5:18 , Ac 5:14 , I Th 4:1 , 10 , II Pe 1:10 ; ἔτι μ. καὶ μ. , Phl 1:9 ; c. compar., Mk 7:36 , II Co 7:13 ; πολλῴ μ. κρεῖσσον , Phl 1:23 ; μ. διαφέρειν , c. gen., Mt 6:26 ; μ. ἤ , Mt 18:13 ; c. gen., I Co 14:18 ; as periphr. for compar., Ac 20:35 , I Co 9:15 , Ga 4:27 ; μ. δέ (EV, yea rather ), Ro 8:34 . Of preference, rather , the rather , sooner : with qualifying words, πολλῷ , Mt 6:30 , al.; πολύ , He 12:25 ; πόσῳ , Mt 7:11 , al.; in a question, οὐ μ. , I Co 9:12 ; after a neg., Mt 10:6 , al.; θέλω ( εὐδοκῶ ) μ. , I Co 14:5 , II Co 5:8 ; ζηλῶ , I Co 14:1 ; c. subst., τ. σκότος ἢ τ. φῶς , Jo 3:19 ; μ. δέ , Ga 4:9 . Superl., μάλιστα , most , most of all , above all : Ac 20:38 25:26 , Ga 6:10 , Phl 4:22 , I Ti 4:10 5:8 , 17 , II Ti 4:13 , Tit 1:10 , Phm 16 , II Pe 2:10 ; μ. γνώστης , Ac 26:3 .
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