ΜΕΓΕΙΣΤΑΝΕΣ, μεγειστανες
MEGEISTANES, megeistanes
Sounds Like: meh-GHEE-stah-nes
Translations: magnates, nobles, great men, chief men
From the root: ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to powerful and influential individuals, often those of high rank or authority within a society. It is typically used to describe leading figures, such as princes, nobles, or chief officials. It is a plural noun, indicating multiple such individuals.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3175 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Zechariah — 11:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ — nobles, great men, magnates, chief men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΑΣ — nobles, magnates, chief men, great men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΕΙ — magnates, nobles, great men, chief men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΕΣ — nobles, princes, great men, chief men, magnates
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΙ — magnate, noble, a noble, great man, a great man
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΩΝ — (of) great men, (of) nobles, (of) lords, (of) magnates
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