Definition

(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather

Etymology

neuter of the comparative of the same as G3122 (μάλιστα);

Where the KJV renders it

• + better
• X far
• (the) more (and more)
• (so) much (the more)
• rather

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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