2001 Translation

PRESBYTĒS, presbytēs

Sounds Like: pres-BY-tays

Translations: old man, an old man, elder, an elder

From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an old man, or more generally, an elder. It is often used to denote someone who is advanced in age or holds a position of authority or respect due to their age and experience, such as a leader in a community or church. It can be used in a general sense to describe an elderly person.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Job — 15:10, 42:17
• Isaiah — 65:20
• Luke — 1:18
• Philemon — 1:9

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 6:119
• Book 5 — 2:141, 2:142
• Book 8 — 10:236
• Book 14 — 15:429

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 3:1, 81:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 25:8
• Numbers — 10:31
• Judges — 19:16, 19:17, 19:20
• 1 Samuel — 2:22, 2:32, 3:21, 4:18
• 1 Kings — 1:15, 13:11, 13:25
• 2 Kings — 4:14
• 1 Chronicles — 23:1
• Tobit — 12:4
• Job — 15:10
• Isaiah — 65:20
• Lamentations — 2:21

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:18
• Philemon — 1:9

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
• ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΗΝ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder
• ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΟΥ — of an old man, of an elder, of a presbyter

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