GREAT, is a word for rich, powerful, celebrated, magnificent, illustrious, ancient. 2 Kings v. 1.Naaman was Great before the King his master; he was in Great consideration with him. I will make thee head or father of a Great Nation, of a numerous and powerful people. Moses was very Great in the land of Egypt. The whole Country Exod. xi. 3.looked upon him as an extraordinary Man, and as one sent from God. The Great Sea, in the way of eminence, is the Mediterranean, greater beyond comparison than the Dead Sea and the Sea of Genesareth, which are but Lakes. The Hebrews shall be called by strangers a Wise people, a Deut. iv. 6.Great nation, a powerful and considerable people. The King of Assyria is called the Great King; the Euphrates, the Great River; the City of Niniveh, the Great City; because the King of Assyria was the most powerful King in the East, the Euphrates the greatest River in Syria, and Niniveh the greatest City in the Dominions of the King of Assyria, and of all the Countries round about.
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