Meaning
Greatest <1,,3173, megas>
for which see GREAT, No. 1, is translated "the greatest," in Act 8:10, Heb 8:11. The whole phrase, lit., "from small to great," is equivalent to the Eng. idiom "one and all." It is used in the Sept., e.g., in 1Sa 5:9, "God smote the people of Gath from the least to the greatest," ("both small and great"). So 1Sa 30:19, 2Ch 34:30, etc. See GREAT.
<2,,3187, meizon>
the comparative of No. 1, is sometimes translated "greatest;" besides the two cases given under GREATER, No. 1, where the RV corrects the AV, "greatest" to "greater" (Mat 13:32, Luk 22:26), the RV itself has "greatest" for this comparative in the following, and relegates "greater" to the margin, Mat 1:18, Mat 23:11, Mar 9:34, Luk 9:46, Luk 22:24. See GREATER, MORE.
