2001 Translation

PRESBYTERŌN, presbyterōn

Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-ron

Translations: of elders, of older men, of presbyters, of older, of older ones

From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Explanation: This word refers to older men, elders, or presbyters. It is often used in a religious or administrative context to denote leaders or respected individuals within a community, such as church elders or members of a council. It can also simply mean 'older' when used as an adjective.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:14

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 54:2, 55:4

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judges — 8:14
• 2 Esdras — 10:8
• 1 Maccabees — 7:33, 11:23, 14:28
• Psalms — 106:32
• Proverbs — 20:29
• Job — 12:20
• Sirach — 6:34, 7:14
• Isaiah — 3:14, 24:23
• Jeremiah — 19:1, 33:17
• Matthew — 15:2, 16:21, 26:47, 28:12
• Mark — 7:3, 14:43, 15:1
• Luke — 9:22
• Acts of the Apostles — 15:4, 16:4
• Revelation — 5:5, 5:6, 5:11, 7:11, 7:13, 14:3
• Shepherd of Hermas — 8:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 2:1, 6:1, 7:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:10, 2:13, 2:14
• Book Two — 2:10, 2:13, 2:14

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 4:57
• Book 8 — 8:216
• Book 10 — 1:23, 4:51, 6:91
• Book 11 — 4:83, 5:148, 5:149
• Book 12 — 2:39, 2:57, 2:86, 2:91, 6:197, 6:228, 10:406
• Book 13 — 10:292, 10:300

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 3:22

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 71:1, 71:2, 78:1, 133:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 17:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 17:5, 24:1
• Numbers — 11:16, 11:24
• Joshua — 24:31
• Judges — 2:7, 8:14, 11:11
• Ruth — 4:2, 4:4
• 1 Samuel — 15:30
• 2 Samuel — 17:4
• 1 Kings — 12:8, 12:13
• 2 Chronicles — 10:8, 10:13, 32:3
• Ezra (Alpha) — 6:10, 9:4
• Ezra (Beta) — 6:8, 10:8
• Judith — 7:23
• 1 Maccabees — 7:33, 11:23, 14:28
• 2 Maccabees — 5:13, 14:37
• 3 Maccabees — 1:8, 1:23
• Psalms — 106:32
• Proverbs — 20:23
• Job — 12:20
• Sirach — 6:34, 7:14
• Isaiah — 3:14, 24:23
• Jeremiah — 19:1, 33:17
• Baruch — 1:4
• Ezekiel — 7:26, 8:11, 9:6, 14:1, 20:1
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:5
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:5, 13:13, 13:41

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 4:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 15:2, 16:21, 26:47, 27:12, 27:41, 28:12
• Mark — 7:3, 7:5, 8:31, 14:43, 15:1
• Luke — 9:22
• John — 8:9
• Acts — 15:4, 16:4, 24:1
• Revelation — 5:5, 5:6, 5:11, 7:11, 7:13, 14:3

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
• ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙ — elders, older men, presbyters
• 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
• ‾ΠΡΕ‾Σ — elder, an elder, presbyter, an old man

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