G3175: μεγιστᾶνες (megistânes)

G3175 μεγιστᾶνες (megistânes)

Greek

Quick Definition

μεγιστάν, ᾶνος, ὁ n.m. a great one, a lord

Strong's Definition

plural from 3176; grandees

KJV Usage: great men, lords

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μεγιστάν (G3175)

noun, m. | -ᾶνος | μεγαλύνω

87.41 · Status · High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

very important person, great person a person of particularly great importance and high status

MRK 6:21 · REV 6:15 · REV 18:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μεγιστάν, -avos, 6, (fr. μέγιστος, as veav fr. νέος, ξυνάν fr. vos), a later Grk. word (see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 196), once in sing. Sir. iv. 7; commonly in plur. οἱ μεγιστᾶνες, the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men of a city or a people, the associates or courtiers of a king, (Vulg. principes) : Rev. vi. 15; τῆς γῆς, xviii. 23; τοῦ Ἡρώδου, Mk. vi. 21. (Sept. for oN, Jer. xiv. 3; Nah. ii. 6; Zech. xi. 2; 0°9§73, Jon. iii. 7; Nah. iii.10; y»2737, Dan. Theodot. iv. 33, ete. ; oq, Is. xxxiv. 12; Jer. xxiv. 8, etc.; 1 Mace. ix. 37; often in Sir. Manetho 4, 41; Joseph., Artem. In Lat. megistanes, Tac. ann. 15, 27; Suet. Calig. 5.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μεγιστάν megistan 3x

great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 18:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† μεγιστάν, -ᾶνος, ὁ

(< μέγιστος), [in LXX chiefly for שַׂר, Je 24:8, al.; רַבְרְבָן, Da LXX TH 5:23, al.; freq. in Sir (sing., Si 4:7);] usually pl., οἱ μ., the chief men, nobles (Manetho, FlJ, al.): Mk 6:21, Re 6:15 18:23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μεγιστάν. This late Greek word = ‘‘a great one,” “" (Lob. Phryn. p. 196f., Sturz Dial. Mac. p. Part V, a courtier,” 180 ff.), is

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μεγιστάν (megistan) — great man. μεγιστάν, ᾶνος, ὁ, great man, grandee, [LXX+4th c.BC+]