GreekG8240Adjective
μάλα
mala
“by all means”
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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.very, very much, exceedingly, (Homer), etc.
2.strengthening the word with which it stands, *μάλα πολλά *very many, (Homer); μάλα πάντες, μ. πᾶσαι, μ. πάντα, all together, every one, (Homer); *μάλ᾽ ἀσκηθής *all unhurt, (Odyssey by Homer); *ἀβληχρὸς μάλα τοῖος *so very weak, (Odyssey by Homer):—;so in attic, *μάλα δὴ πρεσβύτης *very old, (Xenophon Historicus); μ. *γέ τινες ὀλίγοι *(Plato Philosophus):—;so with Advs., *πάγχυ μάλα *and *μάλα πάγχυ *quite utterly, (Iliad by Homer); *εὖ μάλα *right well, (Odyssey by Homer); *μάλ᾽ αἰεί *for ever and aye, (Iliad by Homer); *ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος *until quite dark, (Odyssey by Homer); *μάλα διαμπερές *right through, (Iliad by Homer):—;so in attic, to express repeated action, μάλ᾽ αὖθις, *μάλ᾽ αὖ *(Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—; with Verbs, *μή με μάλ᾽ αἴνεε *praise me not greatly, (Iliad by Homer); ἡ *δὲ μάλ᾽ ἡνιόχευεν *she drove carefully, (Odyssey by Homer), etc.
3.strengthening an assertion, *εἰ μάλα μιν χόλος ἵκοι *if wrath come on him ever so much, (Homer); so *μάλα περ *with a participle, *μάλα περ μεμαώς *though desiring never so much, (Iliad by Homer)
4.in attic in answers, yes, certainly, exactly so, *μάλα γε *(Plato Philosophus), etc.; μ. *τοι *(Xenophon Historicus), etc.; καὶ μ. *δή *(Xenophon Historicus)
5.comparative μᾶλλον, more, (Homer); *μᾶλλον τοῦ δέοντος *more than is right, (Plato Philosophus), etc.; *παντὸς μᾶλλον *more than anything, i. e. most certainly, (Plato Philosophus)
6.denoting increase, more and more, still more, (Odyssey by Homer); μᾶλλον μᾶλλον, Lat. magis magisque, (Euripides)
7.sometimes joined to a second comparative, *ῥηίτεροι μᾶλλον *(Iliad by Homer); *μᾶλλον ἆσσον *(Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
8.μᾶλλον δέ, much more, but rather, πολλοί, *μᾶλλον δὲ πάντες *(Demosthenes Orator)
9.in μᾶλλον ἢ οὐ, *οὐ *seems redundant, ἥκει ὁ Πέρσης οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἐπp ἡμέας ἢ οὐ ἐπp *ὑμέας *the Persians have come not more against us, than against you, (Herdotus Historicus); in this case *μᾶλλον ἢ οὐ *is preceded by another negative
10.τὸ μ. καὶ ἧττον, a form of argument, which we call a fortiori, (Aristotle Philosopher)
11.Sup. μάλιστα, most, most of all, (Homer), etc.; *μάλιστα μέν *. , *ἔπειτα δέ *. , first and above all . , next . , (Sophocles Tragicus):—; *τί μάλιστ; *what is the precise thing that you want? (Plato Philosophus); *ὡς *or ὅτι μ., Lat. quam maxime, (Plato Philosophus); ὅσον μ. (Aeschulus Tragicus); ὡς μ. certainly, in answers, (Plato Philosophus); ὡς δύναμαι μ. (Plato Philosophus); μακρῷ μ. (Herdotus Historicus)
12.*ἐς τὰ μάλιστα *for the most part, mostly, (Herdotus Historicus); so, *τὰ μάλιστα *(Thucydides), etc.; also, ἀνὴρ δόκιμος ὁμοῖα μ. as famous as he that is most [famous, th c.BC]
13.ἐν τοῖς μ. especially, as much as any, (Thucydides)
14.*μάλιστα *may be added to a Sup., ἔχθιστος μάλιστα, *μάλιστα φίλτατος *(Iliad by Homer); μ. *φίλτατος *(Euripides)
15.with numbers, *μάλιστα *means about, (Thucydides), etc.; so, *ἐς μέσον μάλιστα *about the middle, (Herdotus Historicus); ἥμισυ μ. (Thucydides), etc.
16.*καὶ μάλιστα *is used in answers, most certainly, Lat. vel maxime, (Aristophanes Comicus); so, μ *γε *(Sophocles Tragicus); μ. *πάντων *(Aristophanes Comicus)
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Part of Speech
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Greek Adjective
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μάλα appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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