- Original: μεγιστᾶνες - Transliteration: megistanes - Phonetic: meg-is-tan'-es - Definition: 1. the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men a. of a city or a people b. of the associates or courtiers of a king - Origin: plural from G3176 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Plural from G3176 ; grandees: - great men lords. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • men, 2 Revelation 6:15; Revelation 18:23