noun · masculine
megistanos
Greekμεγιστάν (megistan)
Strong’sG3175
a great one, a lord
stem megistan-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† μεγιστάν, -ᾶνος, ὁ
(< μέγιστος), [in LXX chiefly for שַׂר, Je 24:8, al.; רַבְרְבָן, Da LXX TH 5:23, al.; freq. in Sir (sing., Si 4:7);] usually pl., οἱ μ.,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3175 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmeg-is-tan'-es
grandees
Fromplural from G3176;
King Jamesgreat men, lords.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | megistanos | megistanois2×μεγιστᾶνες |
| object accusative | megistanon | megistanoin |
| direct address vocative | megistanor | megistanoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | megistanou | megistanoiu |
| to, for dative | megistano | megistanoi1×μεγιστᾶσιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
megistano is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
megistanois“great men”subjectnominative plural2×
Revelation 6:15“great men”kai tois basilevois tau gēau kai tois megistanois kai tois chiliarchois kai tois plousiois kai tois ischurois kai pantos doulos kai eleutheros kruptala heautoin eis teim spēlaieim kai eis tain petrain teiu oreiu;Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 18:23“great men”kai fōtem luchnou ouk mē fainateia en si ēti, kai fōnas numfiou kai numfau ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti; hoti tois emporois su ale tois megistanois tau gēau, hoti en ta farmakeia su planila panteim teim ethneim,The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
megistanoi“nobles”to, fordative plural1×
Mark 6:21“nobles”Kai gineratau hēmerau eukairau hote Hērōdos tei genesiei autou deipnem poiata toi megistanoi autou kai toi chiliarchoi kai toi prōtoi tau Galilaiau,On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.