ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗ, πρεσβυτη
PRESBYTĒ, presbytē
Sounds Like: pres-BOO-tay
Translations: an elder, an old man
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an older person, specifically an old man, or an elder within a community or group. It is used to denote someone who is advanced in age or holds a position of seniority and respect.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 2:143
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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΙ — elders, old men, ambassadors, envoys
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΙΣ — to elders, to old men, to ambassadors
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΑΣ — old men, elders, ambassadors, envoys
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΙΣ — elders, old men, ambassadors
- 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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