Strong's Lexicon
G3175 — μεγιστᾶνες
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3175 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεγιστᾶνες |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | plural from G3176 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | megistanes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meg-is-tan`-es |
| Meaning: | 1. grandees |
| KJV Renderings: | great men, lords |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεγιστάν, μεγιστανος, ὁ (from μέγιστος, as νέαν from νέος, ξυνάν from ξυνός), a later Greek word (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 196), once in singular Sir 4:7; commonly in plural οἱ μεγιστᾶνες, the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men of a city or a people, the associates or courtiers of a king (Vulg.principes): Rev 6:15; τῆς γῆς, ; τοῦ Ἡρῴδου, Mar 6:21. (The Sept. for àÇãÄÌéøÄéí, Jer 14:3; Nah 2:6; Zec 11:2; גְּדולִים, Jon 3:7; Nah 3:10; øÇáÀøÀáÄéï, Daniel, Theod. 4:33, etc.; ùÈÒøÄéí, Isa 34:12; Jer 24:8, etc.; 1Ma 9:37; often in Sir. Manetho 4, 41; Josephus, Artemidorus Daldianus, In Latinmegistanes, Tacitus, ann. 15, 27; Suct. Calig. 5.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεγιστᾶνες (great men)
Mark 6:21
- KJV: And when a convenient day was come that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords high captains and chief of Galilee
- GK: και γενομένης ημέρας ευκαίρου ότε Ηρώδης τοις γενεσίοις αυτού δείπνον εποίει τοις μεγιστάσιν αυτού και τοις χιλιάρχοις και τοις πρώτοις της Γαλιλαίας
Revelation 6:15
- KJV: And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks the mountains
- GK: και οι βασιλείς της γης και οι μεγιστάνες και οι χιλίαρχοι και οι πλουσιοι και οι ισχυροί και πας δούλος και πας ελεύθερος έκρυψαν εαυτούς εις τα σπήλαια και εις τας πέτρας των ορέων
Revelation 18:23
- KJV: And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee for thy merchants were the great men of the earth for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived
- GK: και φως λύχνου ου φανή εν σοι έτι και φωνή νυμφίου και νύμφης ου ακουσθή εν σοι έτι ότι οι έμποροί σου ήσαν οι μεγιστάνες της γης ότι εν τη φαρμακεία σου επλανήθησαν πάντα τα έθνη