Μεγαλεῖα
magnificent [things]
Translated by Christopher Blackwell23 Apr 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] lofty [ones], great [ones]. "What magnificent things you have done for me, o God."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεγαλεῖα· ὑψηλά, μεγάλα. ἃ ἐποίησάς μοι μεγαλεῖα ὁ θεός.
Betacode
*megalei=a: u(yhla/, mega/la. a(\ e)poi/hsa/s moi megalei=a o( qeo/s.
Notes
- Theodoret (PG 80, 1425c) on Psalm 70:19-20 LXX (= 71:19-20 RSV):
o( qeo/s, e(/ws u(yi/stwn a(\ e)poi/hsas megalei=a; o( qeo/s, ti/s o(/moio/s soi? . ("O God, even to the highest places what magnificent things you have done; O God, who is like you?"). However, the text here does not match perfectly, and requires includingo( qeo/s from the second line. Perhaps Theodoret was also thinking of Luke 1.48-50 (= Odae 9.48-50 LXX):i)dou\ ga\r a)po\ tou= nu=n makariou=si/n me pa=sai ai( geneai/, o(/ti e)poi/hse/n moi megalei=a o( dunato/s ("Look, for from now on all the generations will count me blessed, because the Lord has done magnificent things for me"). This is Mary's song of praise, the "Magnificat".
See also mu 358, mu 359, mu 360.
References
Psalmi, ed. A. Rahlfs, Septuaginta, vol. 2, 9th edn. (1935; repr. 1971) 1-164
Odae, ed. A. Rahlfs, Septuaginta, vol. 2, 9th edn. (1935; repr. 1971) 164-183.
Evangelium secundum Lucam, ed. K. Aland, M. Black, C.M. Martini, B.M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, The Greek New Testament, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Württemberg Bible Society, 1968: 199-319.
Luke: ed. M.D. Coogan, et al., The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Edition, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001: 93-145 [New Testament]
Odae, ed. A. Rahlfs, Septuaginta, vol. 2, 9th edn. (1935; repr. 1971) 164-183.
Evangelium secundum Lucam, ed. K. Aland, M. Black, C.M. Martini, B.M. Metzger, and A. Wikgren, The Greek New Testament, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Württemberg Bible Society, 1968: 199-319.
Luke: ed. M.D. Coogan, et al., The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Edition, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001: 93-145 [New Testament]
Linked from3 entries
- μ359Μεγαλεῖονmagnificence"He [sc. Aelian] had been amazed by the great intelligence of him and moreover by the [sc. magnificence and] worth of the [= his] meters."
- μ360Μεγαλεῖονmagnificent, splendid[Meaning something] greatly-befitting. "But those among the Ligurians carrying on the war with Mago were not at all inclined to accomplish something complete and splendid."
- μ361Μεγαλείωςgreatly[Meaning] altogether. "The Romans were greatly delighted and reckoned [this] a very large sign of the arrogance of the Carthaginians."
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