Megistânes — G3175

Definition

masculine noun

grandees

Usually translated as

great men, lords

Origin

plural from G3176

• mégistos (G3176)

Occurrences

Megistânes occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Revelation (2)

• Mark 6:21 — And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords (μεγιστᾶσιν), high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men (μεγιστᾶνες), and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
• Revelation 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men (μεγιστᾶνες) of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.