greatness
part of speech
noun (greatness; uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Being very important, powerful, skilled or famous. tree →
2) Being very good, wise or noble in character. tree →
3) Great size. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Greatness is a quality of God to be praised, joined with lovingkindness, Hebrew chesed. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that where God's greatness is told, God's humility is told too. Moses pleads for pardon on the basis of God's great kindness, and this verse is used in Selichot prayers. In the primary lessons: In history and stories it describes famous leaders, artists and athletes: «the greatness of Shakespeare». In church life people speak of the greatness of God. Phrases: achieve greatness, signs of greatness, greatness of God, true greatness.
examples
- For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (Torah DEU.32.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.' (Torah NUM.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. (Writings PSA.71.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee. (Writings PSA.66.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His abundant greatness. (Writings PSA.150.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- The coach saw signs of greatness in the young player. tree →
- The greatness of the pyramids amazed the travellers. tree →
- True greatness is about helping others, not just winning. tree →
- Christians praise the greatness of God in their songs. tree →
- The poet wrote about the greatness of the ocean. tree →
- Some people are born to greatness, others work hard for it. tree →
- But this greatness did not last long. tree →
note
Uncountable. From «great» + «-ness». Similar: excellence, importance, glory. Opposite: smallness, ordinariness.
In the corpora
- For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
- For the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
- 'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
- Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
- Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «greatness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.