ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙ, πρεσβυτεροι
PRESBYTEROI, presbyteroi
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-roy
Translations: elders, older men, presbyters
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to older individuals, often those who hold a position of authority or leadership within a community, a family, or a religious group. In a religious context, it can specifically refer to church leaders or presbyters. It is used to describe a group of people who are older or hold a senior position.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:310
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:8
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 44:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 16:25
- 1 Chronicles — 11:3, 15:25
- 2 Esdras — 10:14
- 1 Maccabees — 1:26, 14:9, 14:21
- Psalms — 148:12
- Job — 32:4, 32:6
- Lamentations — 0:19, 2:10
- Joel — 1:2, 3:1
- Matthew — 21:23, 26:3, 26:57, 27:1, 27:20
- Mark — 11:27, 14:53
- Acts of the Apostles — 2:17, 4:8, 4:23, 15:6, 15:23, 21:18, 25:15
- 1 Timothy — 5:17
- Hebrews — 11:2
- Revelation — 4:10, 5:8, 5:14, 11:16, 19:4
- Shepherd of Hermas — 19:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:166, 8:209
- Book 7 — 1:28, 5:110, 11:277
- Book 11 — 4:81, 8:306
- Book 12 — 2:108
- Book 13 — 16:428
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 18:11, 50:7
- Exodus — 18:12, 34:30
- Leviticus — 4:15
- Numbers — 11:16, 11:30, 16:25
- Joshua — 7:6, 8:10, 9:6, 9:17
- Judges — 11:5, 11:8, 11:10, 21:16
- Ruth — 4:11
- 1 Samuel — 4:3, 16:4
- 2 Samuel — 5:3, 12:17
- 1 Kings — 12:24, 21:8
- 2 Kings — 6:32, 10:5
- 1 Chronicles — 11:3, 15:25, 21:16
- 2 Chronicles — 5:4
- Ezra (Alpha) — 5:60, 6:5
- Ezra (Beta) — 3:12, 6:7, 6:14, 10:14
- 1 Maccabees — 1:26, 14:9
- 3 Maccabees — 1:25
- Job — 32:4, 32:6
- Lamentations — 1:19, 2:10, 5:12
- Ezekiel — 8:1, 8:12, 27:9
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:5, 13:8, 13:16, 13:50
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:5, 13:29, 13:34, 13:36, 13:51
- Joel — 1:2, 2:28
- Zechariah — 8:4
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 11:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 21:23, 26:3, 26:57, 27:1, 27:20
- Mark — 11:27, 14:53
- Acts — 2:17, 4:8, 4:23, 15:6, 15:23, 21:18, 25:15
- 1 Timothy — 5:17
- Hebrews — 11:2
- Revelation — 4:10, 5:8, 5:14, 11:16, 19:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΕΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑ — elder woman, a elder woman, older, elder, senior, presbyteress
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΙ — elder women, older women, aged women, female elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΝ — older, elder, a more aged woman, the elder woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΣ — older, elder, an elder, of an elder, of an older woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΕ — O elder, O old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΙΟΝ — presbytery, council of elders, body of elders, a presbytery, a council of elders, a body of elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) elders, (to) old men, (to) presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΝ — older, elder, more ancient, a presbyter, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ — older, elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ — of an elder, of an old man, of a presbyter, of a priest
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΙ — elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men, presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩ — older, elder, an elder, older person, an older person
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩΝ — of elders, of older men, of presbyters, of older, of older ones
- ‾ΠΡΕ‾Σ — elder, an elder, presbyter, an old man
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