ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΝ, πρεσβυτερον
PRESBYTERON, presbyteron
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-ron
Translations: older, elder, more ancient, a presbyter, an elder
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the adjective or noun 'presbyteros'. As an adjective, it means 'older' or 'elder', often used to compare age or seniority. As a noun, it refers to an 'elder' or 'presbyter', a person of advanced age or a leader in a community, particularly in religious contexts. It can be used to describe someone who is more senior in age or position than another.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:184
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:215, 18:258
- Book 4 — 8:250
- Book 11 — 8:311
- Book 12 — 6:193
- Book 14 — 1:11
- Book 20 — 4:94
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 6:3
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 11:2
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
- 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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) elders, (to) old men, (to) presbyters
- 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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