"great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 18:23*"
Definition and meaning
great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 18:23*
In the original Greek the word is written: μεγιστάν
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of megistan (G3175) across the King James Bible.
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;
And 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;
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 of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
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Common questions
Strong's G3175 (megistan) is a Greek word that means: great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 18:23* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word megistan (G3175) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3175 is megistan, a Greek word defined as: great men, lords, chiefs, nobles, princes, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 18:23*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
megistan is a Greek word found in the New Testament.