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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: μεγαλύνω

(Strong's #3170 — Verb — megaluno — meg-al-oo'-no )

denotes "to make great" (from megas, "great"), Matthew 23:5 , "enlarge;" 2 Corinthians 10:15 , AV, "enlarged," RV, "magnified;" elsewhere in the AV it is rendered by the verb "to magnify," except in Luke 1:58 , AV, "had showed great (mercy)," RV, "had magnified (His mercy); see Luke 1:46; Acts 5:13; 10:46; 19:17; Philippians 1:20 . See MAGNIFY.

2: πλατύνω

(Strong's #4115 — Verb — platuno — plat-oo'-no )

"to make broad," from platus, "broad," is translated "enlarged" in 2 Corinthians 6:11,13 (metaphorically), "make broad," Matthew 23:5 (literally). From the primary sense of freedom comes that of the joy that results from it. See BROAD. Cp. platos, "breadth," and plateia, "a street."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Enlarge'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/enlarge.html. 1940.