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 Latin
megistanes,
Tacitus, ann. 15, 27; Suct. Calig. 5.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Isaiah
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34:12
- Jeremiah
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14:3; 24:8
- Jonah
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3:7
- Nahum
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2:6; 3:10
- Zechariah
-
11:2
- Mark
-
6:21
- Revelation
-
6:15; 18:23