Lmao. It still means the same thing.
Hashirama said what he did, true to calm sasuke down, but at the same time because of what he heard about itachi. All he has done for his villagel The village that hashirama co founded.
You could say Hashirama thought of itachi as a true konoha shinobi and that is why he said what he did.
Obviously no body with a shred of common sense would think that he means power.
What i find funny is that. Itachi has lived in the shadows yet his hype rivals and in many cases surpasses those who have lived in the lime light.
So far 2 people called god of shinobi have hyped itachi.
Madara's will called him Invincible.
Legendary ninja's just keep hyping him up, lmao and i haven't even talked about 1/4 of this