ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΝ, πρεσβειαν
PRESBEIAN, presbeian
Sounds Like: pres-BEY-ah
Translations: embassy, an embassy, message, an message, delegation, a delegation, ambassadorship, an ambassadorship
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an embassy, a delegation, or the office of an ambassador. It can also denote the message or commission carried by such a delegation. It is used to describe a group of people sent on a mission, often diplomatic or religious, or the act of being an ambassador.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:3
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 10:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:296
- Book 5 — 1:105, 8:261
- Book 12 — 6:225
- Book 13 — 9:259
- Book 14 — 8:151, 12:304, 12:307
- Book 16 — 9:293, 10:335
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ — seniority, birthright, embassy, a deputation, a delegation, a right of precedence
- 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
- 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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