Lexicon megistan: the chief men Original Word: μεγιστάν, ᾶνος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: megistan Phonetic Spelling: (meg-is-tan'-es) Short Definition: a great one, a lord Definition: a great one, a lord; a courtier, satrap, nobleman. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom megistosDefinitionthe chief men NASB Translationgreat men (2), lords (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3175: μεγιστάνμεγιστάν, 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, ; 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.)
Strong's great men, lords. Plural from megistos; grandees -- great men, lords. see GREEK megistos |
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