ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΕΣ, μεγιστανες
MEGISTANES, megistanes
Sounds Like: meh-gih-STA-nes
Translations: nobles, princes, great men, chief men, magnates
From the root: ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to high-ranking officials, nobles, or powerful individuals, often those in positions of authority or influence. It is used to describe prominent or leading figures in a society or government.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3175 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 5:22
- Proverbs — 8:16
- Sirach — 33:19
- Jeremiah — 41:10
- Nahum — 2:6, 3:10
- Revelation — 6:15, 18:23
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 23:112
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 3:9, 4:33, 8:55, 8:67
- Judith — 5:22
- Psalms of Solomon — 2:36
- Proverbs — 8:16
- Sirach — 30:27
- Isaiah — 34:12
- Jeremiah — 14:3, 41:10
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 4:33, 5:2, 5:3, 5:9, 5:23
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 5:23
- Nahum — 2:6, 3:10
- Zechariah — 11:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ΜΕΓΕΙΣΤΑΝΕΣ — magnates, nobles, great men, chief men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ — nobles, great men, magnates, chief men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΑΣ — nobles, magnates, chief men, great men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΕΙ — magnates, nobles, great men, chief men
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΙ — magnate, noble, a noble, great man, a great man
- ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΩΝ — (of) great men, (of) nobles, (of) lords, (of) magnates
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