ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΙ, πρεσβυται
PRESBYTAI, presbytai
Sounds Like: pres-BY-tai
Translations: elders, old men, ambassadors, envoys
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to older men, often those holding a position of authority or respect within a community, such as leaders or officials. It can also refer to official representatives or envoys sent on a mission, like ambassadors. It is used in the plural form.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:126
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 11:34
- Psalms — 148:12
- Job — 29:8
- Jeremiah — 38:13
- Lamentations — 5:14
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:19, 13:24, 13:27, 13:28, 13:34, 13:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΒΥΤΟΥ — (of) an old man, (of) an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΙΣ — to elders, to old men, to ambassadors
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΣ — old men, elders, ambassadors, envoys
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΙΣ — elders, old men, ambassadors
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗ — an elder, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΝ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΟΥ — of an old man, of an elder, of a presbyter
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