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Lexicon :: Strong's G3175 - megistan

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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

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Strong's Number G3175 matches the Greek μεγιστάν (megistan),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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