ΠΡΕΣΒΕΩΝ, πρεσβεων
PRESBEŌN, presbeōn
Sounds Like: pres-BEH-ohn
Translations: (of) old men, (of) elders, (of) ambassadors
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to old men, elders, or ambassadors. It is a masculine noun and is used here in the genitive plural case, indicating possession or origin, often translated with 'of'. In ancient societies, elders held positions of respect and authority, and ambassadors were often chosen from among them due to their experience and wisdom.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:104
- Book 7 — 11:263
- Book 9 — 12:253, 13:265
- Book 10 — 1:2
- Book 11 — 4:117
- Book 13 — 12:329
- Book 14 — 10:213
- Book 16 — 10:339
- Book 17 — 7:182
- Book 18 — 8:257
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:57
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΥΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΣ — ambassadors, envoys, an ambassador, an envoy
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΣΟΥΣ — ambassadors, envoys, delegates, elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΣΙ — (to) elders, (to) ambassadors, (to) envoys
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΣΙΝ — to ambassadors, to envoys, to elders, to old men
- ΠΡΕΣΒΙΣΤΟΝ — oldest, most venerable, most important, most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥ — old, elder, an elder, an old man, an ambassador
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΣ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder, ambassador, an ambassador, envoy, an envoy, aged, old
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑ — elder, old man, ambassador, envoy, older, aged
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΗ — oldest, most ancient, eldest, a most ancient, a most old
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΗΝ — oldest, most ancient, most venerable, most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΙ — oldest, most ancient, most venerable, most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΙΣ — oldest, most ancient, most venerable, to the oldest, to the most ancient, to the most venerable
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΝ — oldest, eldest, most senior, the oldest, the eldest, the most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΣ — oldest, eldest, most ancient, a most ancient
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΥ — of the oldest, of the eldest, of the most ancient
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΟΥΣ — oldest, most ancient, most senior, most venerable
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΩ — oldest, most ancient, most venerable, most senior, to the oldest, to the most ancient, to the most venerable, to the most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΤΩΝ — of the oldest, of the most ancient, of the most senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕ — elder, old man, ambassador, representative, aged, senior
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΙΣ — old woman, an old woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΟΣ — old, an old man, elder, an elder, aged, an aged man, ambassador, an ambassador, envoy, an envoy
- ΣΥΜΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΣ — fellow ambassador, fellow envoy, fellow delegate
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