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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, (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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - He brought all the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and his officers, to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 -

“By me princes rule, and nobles,

All who judge rightly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 -

Its nobles—there is no one there

Whom they may proclaim king

And all its officials will be nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 -

“Their nobles have sent their [fn]servants for water;

They have come to the cisterns and found no water.

They have returned with their containers empty;

They have been put to shame and humiliated,

And they cover their heads,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 -

‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness,’ indeed, this is what the LORD says, ‘so will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who live in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - To Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each person was to set his male servant free and each his female servant, so that no one would keep them in bondage any longer; they obeyed, and set them free.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 -

‘Then I will set My throne in Elam,

And eliminate from there the king and officials,’

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 -

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the LORD,

“And against the inhabitants of Babylon

And against her leaders and her wise men!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 -

‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

“I will also destroy the idols

And make the [fn]images cease from [fn]Memphis.

And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;

And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up quickly; he said to his counselors, “Was it not three men that we threw bound into the middle of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Absolutely, O king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 -

“At that time my [fn]reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were [fn]restored to me for the honor of my kingdom, and my state counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my [fn]sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1 -

Belshazzar the king [fn]held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - [fn]While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which his [fn]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank out of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his [fn]face grew even more pale, and his nobles were perplexed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have risen up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - And a stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed regarding Daniel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he issued a proclamation, and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 -

He remembers his officers;

They stumble in their advance,

They hurry to her wall,

And the [fn]mantelet is set up.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 -

Yet she became an exile,

She went into captivity;

Also her small children were smashed to pieces

At the head of every street;

They cast lots for her honorable men,

And all her great men were bound with shackles.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 -

Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen,

For the magnificent trees have been destroyed;

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

Because the [fn]impenetrable forest has come down.

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