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Lexicon :: Strong's G3175 - megistan

Aa
μεγιστάν
Transliteration
megistan (Key)
Pronunciation
meg-is-tan'-es
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

†μεγιστᾶνες megistânes, meg-is-tan'-es; plural from G3176; grandees:—great men, lords.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3175 in the following manner: great men (2x), lords (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3175 in the following manner: great men (2x), lords (1x).

  1. the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men

    1. of a city or a people

    2. of the associates or courtiers of a king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†μεγιστᾶνες megistânes, meg-is-tan'-es; plural from G3176; grandees:—great men, lords.
STRONGS G3175:
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): Revelation 6:15; τῆς γῆς, Revelation 18:23; τοῦ Ἡρῴδου, Mark 6:21. (The Sept. for אַדִּירִים, Jeremiah 14:3; Nahum 2:6; Zechariah 11:2; גְּדולִים, Jonah 3:7; Nahum 3:10; רַבְרְבִין, Daniel, Theod. 4:33, etc.; שָׂרִים, Isaiah 34:12; Jeremiah 24:8, etc.; 1 Macc. 9:37; often in Sir. Manetho 4, 41; Josephus, Artemidorus Daldianus, In Latinmegistanes, Tacitus, ann. 15, 27; Suct. Calig. 5.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
34:12
Jeremiah
14:3; 24:8
Jonah
3:7
Nahum
2:6; 3:10
Zechariah
11:2
Mark
6:21
Revelation
6:15; 18:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3175 matches the Greek μεγιστάν (megistan),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 -
By me princes rule,
And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1 - Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
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