μᾶλλον

ma'llon ma'llon (comparitive of
mavla, very, very much) (from Homer down), adverb, more, to a greater degree; rather;1. added to verbs and adjectives, it denotes increase, a greater quantity, a larger measure, a higher degree, more, more fully (German in h?herem Grade, Maasse); a. words defining the measure or size are joined to it in the ablative (dative):
pollw'/ much, by far, ; ; , (in both these verses the underlying thought is, the measure of salvation for which we are indebted to Christ is far greater than that of the ruin which came from Adam; for the difference between the consequences traceable to Adam and to Christ is not only one of quality, but of quantity also; cf. R?ckert, Commentary on Romans, vol. i. 281f (others (from Chrysostom to Meyer and Godet) content themselves here with a logical increase, far more certainly)); ,; ;
povsw/ how much, ; ; ; ;
tosouvtw/ by so much,
o{sw/ by as much (namely,
ma'llon), . b. in comparison it often so stands that than before must be mentally added (A. V. the more, so much the more), as (
ma'llon
qovrubo"
givnetai (but others refer this to 2 b.
a\. below)); (
dihvrceto
ma'llon); (
ma'llon
ejzhvtoun); ; ; ; ; ; ,; ;
e[ti
ma'llon
kaiv
ma'llon, ; or the person or thing with which the comparison is made is evident from what precedes, as ; it is added to comparatives, ; ;
pollw'/
ma'llon
krei'sson, ; see (Wetstein on Philippians, the passage cited); Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 1 cf. 603 (561); (Buttmann, sec. 123, 11); to verbs that have a comparative force,
ma'llon
diafevrein
tivno", to be of much more value than one, .
ma'llon
h[, more than, ;
ma'llon with the genitive,
pavntwn
uJmw'n, (Xenophon, mem. 3, 17, 1). joined to positive terms it forms a periphrasis for a comparative (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 2 a.), followed by
h[, as
makavrion,
ma'llon for
makariwteron, ; add, ; ;
pollw'/
ma'llon
ajnagkai'av, ; sometimes
ma'llon, seems to be omitted before
h[; see under
h[, 3 f. c.
ma'llon
dev, what moreover is of greater moment (A. V. yea rather): ().2. it marks the preference of one thing above another, and is to be rendered rather, sooner (German eher, vielmehr, lieber); a. it denotes that which occurs more easily than something else, and may be rendered sooner (German eher): thus
pollw'/
ma'llon in arguing from the less to the greater, ; f; (here L T Tr WH
poli
ma'llon); also
poluv (R G
pollw'/)
ma'llon namely,
oujk
ej