ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΣ, πρεσβυτερας
PRESBYTERAS, presbyteras
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-ras
Translations: older, elder, an elder, of an elder, of an older woman
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is older in age or more advanced in position. It can be used as an adjective meaning 'older' or 'elder', or as a noun referring to an 'elder' or 'older person', particularly an 'older woman' in the feminine form. In the New Testament, it often refers to church leaders or members of a council.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 16:61
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Timothy — 5:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΕΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑ — elder woman, a elder woman, older, elder, senior, presbyteress
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΙ — elder women, older women, aged women, female elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΝ — older, elder, a more aged woman, the elder woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΕ — O elder, O old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΙΟΝ — presbytery, council of elders, body of elders, a presbytery, a council of elders, a body of elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙ — elders, older men, presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) elders, (to) old men, (to) presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΝ — older, elder, more ancient, a presbyter, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ — older, elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ — of an elder, of an old man, of a presbyter, of a priest
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΙ — elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men, presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩ — older, elder, an elder, older person, an older person
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩΝ — of elders, of older men, of presbyters, of older, of older ones
- ‾ΠΡΕ‾Σ — elder, an elder, presbyter, an old man
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