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Strong's #3175 - μεγιστᾶνες
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- the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men
- of a city or a people
- of the associates or courtiers of a king
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μεγιστᾶνες
Plural from G3176
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,
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† μεγιστάν , -ᾶνος , ὁ (< μέγιστος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H8269, Jeremiah 24:8, al.; H7261, Da LXX TH Daniel 5:23, al.; freq. in Sir (sing., Sirach 4:7);]
usually pl., οἱ μ ., the chief men, nobles (Manetho, FlJ, al.): Mark 6:21, Revelation 6:15; Revelation 18:23.†
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This late Greek word = ";a great one,"; ";a courtier,"; (Lob. Phryn. p. 196 f., Sturz Dial. Mac. p. 180 ff.), is found, generally in the plur. μεγιστᾶνες, in the later books of the LXX (e.g. Daniel 5:23), and ter in the NT (Mark 6:21, Revelation 6:15; Revelation 18:23) : cf. also Pss. Sol. ii. 36 οἱ μεγιστᾶνες τῆς γῆς, perhaps the leading men of Palestine, but more probably the victorious party of Caesar (Ryle and James). From the papyri we may cite P Leid Wvi. 39 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) θυμοκάτοχον πρὸς βασ (ιλεῖς) ἢ μεγειστάναις (l. μεγιστᾶνας) ";(formula) for restraining anger against kings or great men.";
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