ΕΣΒΕΙ, εσβει
ESBEI, esbei
Sounds Like: ES-bay
Translations: embassy, delegation, message, old age
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: The word "ΕΣΒΕΙ" appears to be a misspelling or a garbled form of a Koine Greek word, most likely related to "πρεσβεία" (presbeia) or "πρέσβυς" (presbys). "Πρεσβεία" refers to an embassy, a delegation, or the office of an ambassador. It can also refer to old age or seniority. In the context of the provided examples, it seems to relate to a delegation or an elder. It is used to describe a group of people sent on a mission or the status of being an elder.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine (if from πρεσβεία); or potentially a miswritten form of another word.
Strong’s number: G4242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 26:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙ — embassy, an embassy, message, a message, delegation, a delegation, old age, seniority, dignity, authority
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ — seniority, birthright, embassy, a deputation, a delegation, a right of precedence
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙ — embassy, an embassy, delegation, a delegation, message, a message, legation, a legation
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) an embassy, (to) embassies, (to) a delegation, (to) delegations, (to) a message, (to) messages, (to) intercession, (to) intercessions
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΝ — embassy, an embassy, message, an message, delegation, a delegation, ambassadorship, an ambassadorship
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΣ — (of) an embassy, (of) an ambassadorship, (of) a deputation, (of) an old age, (of) a priority
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΟΥ — of old age, of seniority, of an embassy, of an ambassadorship, of a deputation, of a message, of a request
- ΠΡΕΣΒΙΑΝ — embassy, an embassy, message, a message, delegation, a delegation
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