Lexical Summary malista: most Original Word: μάλισταTransliteration: malista Phonetic Spelling: (mal'-is-tah) Part of Speech: Adverb, Superlative Short Definition: most Meaning: most Strong's Concordance chiefly, most of all, especially. Neuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb mala (very); (adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly -- chiefly, most of all, (e-)specially. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3122: μάλισταμάλιστα (superlative of the adverb μάλα) (from Homer down), adverb, especially, chiefly, most of all, above all: Acts 20:38; Acts 25:26; Galatians 6:10; Philippians 4:22; 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 5:8, 17; 2 Timothy 4:13; Titus 1:10; Philemon 1:16; 2 Peter 2:10; μάλιστα γνώστης, especially expert, thoroughly well-informed, Acts 26:3. |