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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

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - 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 of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 - “By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - Its nobles—there is no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

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 vessels empty;
They have been put to shame and humiliated,
And they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - ‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the LORD—so I will [fn]abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, so that no one should keep them any longer in bondage; they obeyed, and set them free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - ‘Then I will set My throne in Elam
And destroy [fn]out of it king and princes,’
Declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - “A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the LORD,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her officials and her wise men!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
“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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his high officials, “Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:36

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 glory of my kingdom, and my counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my [fn]sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:1

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his [fn]father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:3

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 from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his [fn]face grew even paler, and his nobles were perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have exalted yourself 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 from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - A stone was brought and laid 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 in regard to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He remembers his nobles;
They stumble in their march,
They hurry to her wall,
And the [fn]mantelet is set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet she became an exile,
She went into captivity;
Also her small children were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with fetters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O [fn]cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the [fn]impenetrable forest has come down.
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