ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΝ, πρεσβυτην
PRESBYTĒN, presbytēn
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEEN
Translations: old man, an old man, elder, an elder
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an older person, an elder, or a senior member of a community or religious group. It is often used to denote someone who is advanced in years or holds a position of authority due to their age and experience. In the provided examples, it is used in the accusative case, indicating the direct object of an action, such as 'they did not respect an old man' or 'he turned his face from their mercy, from young and old man'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 3:36
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗ — an elder, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΟΥ — of an old man, of an elder, of a presbyter
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