Lexical Summary megistan: the chief men Original Word: μεγιστάνTransliteration: megistan Phonetic Spelling: (meg-is-tan'-es) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: the chief men Meaning: the chief men Strong's Concordance great men, lords. Plural from megistos; grandees -- great men, lords. see GREEK megistos Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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, |
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