ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝΑΣ, μεγιστανας
MEGISTANAS, megistanas
Sounds Like: meh-giss-TAH-nas
Translations: nobles, magnates, chief men, great men
From the root: ΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to high-ranking officials, powerful individuals, or leading men in a kingdom or society. It is used to describe those who hold significant authority or influence, often in a political or administrative capacity.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3175 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 107:2
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 31:149
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- 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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