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πρεσβύτης (G4246)

presbýtēs

pres-boo'-tace

from the same as πρεσβύτερος; an old man:--aged (man), old man.

Abbott–Smith

πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, q.v., [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Ge 25:8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), II Ch 32:31 B1 (מֵלִיץ), I Mac 14:22 S, al. (v. Thackeray, Gr., 97);]
1. an old man: Lk 1:18, Tit 2:2, Phm 9 (R, txt., but v. infr.).
2. As in LXX, also = πρεσβευτής, an ambassador: Phm 9 (R, mg., v. Lft. and ICC, in l.).†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


3 occurrences

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  • Luke 1:18
    And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
  • Titus 2:2
    That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
  • Philemon 1:9
    Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.