ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΑΣ, πρεσβευτας
PRESBEUTAS, presbeutas
Sounds Like: pres-byoo-TAS
Translations: ambassador, an ambassador, envoy, a representative
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an ambassador, envoy, or representative. It describes someone sent on a mission, often by a ruler or state, to represent them in negotiations or communications with another party. It is used to denote a person who acts on behalf of another, carrying authority and responsibility for their message or task.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Accusative
Strong’s number: G4249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 13:21
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:104
- Book 7 — 6:120
- Book 8 — 14:365
- Book 10 — 2:31
- Book 11 — 6:187
- Book 12 — 10:416
- Book 13 — 5:133, 5:145, 5:147, 5:163, 5:170
- Book 14 — 10:197, 13:327, 13:346
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 13:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΑΙ — ambassadors, envoys, delegates
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΑΙΣ — ambassadors, envoys, delegates, representatives, an ambassador, an envoy
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΝ — ambassador, an ambassador, envoy, a representative
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ — ambassador, an ambassador, envoy, a legate
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΟΥ — of an ambassador, of an envoy, of an elder, of a representative
- ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΩΝ — of ambassadors, of envoys, of delegates
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