ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙΣ, πρεσβυτεροις
PRESBYTEROIS, presbyterois
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-roys
Translations: (to) elders, (to) old men, (to) presbyters
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to older men, often those who hold positions of authority or leadership within a community, particularly in religious or governmental contexts. It can denote a senior member, an elder, or a presbyter. In the New Testament, it frequently refers to leaders in the early Christian church.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:2
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 6:21
- 1 Maccabees — 13:36, 14:20
- Wisdom — 8:10
- Sirach — 25:4
- Matthew — 27:3
- Luke — 20:1
- Acts of the Apostles — 15:22, 23:14
- 1 Peter — 5:5
- Shepherd of Hermas — 8:2
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 6:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 12:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:30
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 17:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 10:9, 24:14
- Deuteronomy — 31:9
- Judges — 11:7
- Ruth — 4:9
- 1 Samuel — 30:26
- 2 Samuel — 17:15
- 1 Kings — 12:6
- Ezra (Alpha) — 7:2
- Judith — 6:21
- 1 Maccabees — 13:36, 14:20
- 2 Maccabees — 8:30, 13:13
- Wisdom — 8:10
- Sirach — 25:4
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:41
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 2 — 4:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΣ — older, elder, an elder, of an elder, of an older 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
- 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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