The Basic Things
and the Great Things

μέγας
Megas
Great

βάσις
Basis
Lit. "Stepping"

From baino, to step

Metonymies of "stepping"

Agent-Subject
The One Stepping or Supporting
The King - βασιλεύς

Action or Process
The act of stepping,
Placing one's weight upon a weight bearing support

Patient-Direct Object
That stepped upon,
The weight-bearing support

Indirect object

Instrument of stepping
The point of contact belonging to the weight to be supported, to be placed upon the weight-bearing support.
In a person, the foot

The washing of feet is an image of the therapeutic examination of basic beliefs.

Product or Goal of stepping
The quality of being firmly supported

μεγαλεῖα
Megaleia
Great Things

Greatness, Splendor

Great things,
The class containing things that are great

τὰ μεγαλεῖα τοῦ θεοῦ
The great things of God
(See Acts 2:11)

The things that God has done
Or, how God has applied His principles

-λεῖα
-leia

r

Another word that uses the same suffix:εργαλεία is found in Exodus 27:19, & is translated "utensils" in ESV. Literally, according to the understanding of the -λεια root herein presented, this word means "work things".

Suffix denoting a quality,
or
a class of things
which possess a certain quality

Fire
Source of Light and Heat

Light
Useful to those seeking Clarity

Useful for drawing people in

Heat
Useful to those seeking Transformation

Useful for energizing people,
Sending people out

βασιλεία
Basileia
Usu. transl. "Kingdom"

Relation of kingdom and basis

In a kingdom, all authority rests upon the throne. The throne is the basis for all authority in the kingdom.

Basicness
The quality of being basic

Basic things
The class containing things that are basic

ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
The basic things of God
(See Mt. 21:43, Lk. 17:21)

The reasons for God's acts
The principles from which God makes applications