ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΣ, πρεσβειας
PRESBEIAS, presbeias
Sounds Like: pres-BEY-as
Translations: (of) an embassy, (of) an ambassadorship, (of) a deputation, (of) an old age, (of) a priority
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an embassy, a deputation, or the office of an ambassador. It can also denote the concept of old age or priority, stemming from the idea of being 'older' or 'first'. It is used to describe a group of people sent on a mission, or the mission itself, often with a sense of importance or seniority.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:122
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΝ — embassy, an embassy, message, an message, delegation, a delegation, ambassadorship, an ambassadorship
- 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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