ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ, πρεσβεια
PRESBEIA, presbeia
Sounds Like: pres-BEH-yah
Translations: seniority, birthright, embassy, a deputation, a delegation, a right of precedence
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to seniority, especially in terms of birthright or privilege. It can also denote an embassy, a deputation, or a delegation, representing a group of people or a message. In a broader sense, it signifies a right of precedence or a position of honor.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative; Feminine
Strong’s number: G4242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 43:33
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΕΣΒΕΙ — embassy, delegation, message, old age
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙ — embassy, an embassy, message, a message, delegation, a delegation, old age, seniority, dignity, authority
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙ — embassy, an embassy, delegation, a delegation, message, a message, legation, a legation
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) an embassy, (to) embassies, (to) a delegation, (to) delegations, (to) a message, (to) messages, (to) intercession, (to) intercessions
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΝ — embassy, an embassy, message, an message, delegation, a delegation, ambassadorship, an ambassadorship
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΣ — (of) an embassy, (of) an ambassadorship, (of) a deputation, (of) an old age, (of) a priority
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΟΥ — of old age, of seniority, of an embassy, of an ambassadorship, of a deputation, of a message, of a request
- ΠΡΕΣΒΙΑΝ — embassy, an embassy, message, a message, delegation, a delegation
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