Great man
μεγιστάνStrong’s G3175megistan
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Megistan is the Greek word usually translated “great ones” and “great men”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;”
Meaning
Usually translated “great ones” and “great men”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- great ones 2
- great men 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, 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 18:23And 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 of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Greek dictionary
μεγιστάν megistan · great man
μεγιστάν, -ᾶνος, ὁ (μέγιστος) [in LXX chiefly for שַׂר, Jer.24:8, al.; רַבְרְבָן, Dan LXX TH Dan.5:23, al.; frequently in Sir (sing., Sir.4:7) ;] usually pl., οἱ μ., the chief men, nobles (Manetho, FlJ, al.): Mrk.6:21, Rev.6:15 18:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.