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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μάλιστα

Lemmaμάλιστα
Citation formμάλιστα
Part of speechadverb
Glossmost of all, especially
Strong’sG3122
Transliterationmálista
Definition(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly
KJV glosses:--chiefly, most of all, (e-)specially.
Derivationneuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb (very)
SBLGNT occurrences12

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
μάλιστα
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Acts 20:38
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Acts 25:26
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Acts 26:3
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Galatians 6:10
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Philippians 4:22
adverb (MorphGNT --------)1 Timothy 4:10
adverb (MorphGNT --------)1 Timothy 5:17
adverb (MorphGNT --------)1 Timothy 5:8
adverb (MorphGNT --------)2 Timothy 4:13
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Titus 1:10
adverb (MorphGNT --------)Philemon 1:16
adverb (MorphGNT --------)2 Peter 2:10

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μαλιστα.