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Lexicon :: Strong's G4246 - presbytēs

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πρεσβύτης
Transliteration
presbytēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pres-boo'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:683,931

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

πρεσβύτης presbýtēs, pres-boo'-tace; from the same as G4245; an old man:—aged (man), old man.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4246 in the following manner: old man (1x), aged man (1x), aged (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4246 in the following manner: old man (1x), aged man (1x), aged (1x).

  1. an old man, an aged man

  2. ambassador

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρεσβύτης presbýtēs, pres-boo'-tace; from the same as G4245; an old man:—aged (man), old man.
STRONGS G4246:
πρεσβύτης, πρεσβύτου, ὁ (πρέσβυς (see πρεσβεύω)), an old man, an aged man: Luke 1:18; Titus 2:2; Philemon 1:9 (here many (cf. R. V. marginal reading) regard the word as a substitute for πρεσβευτής, ambassador; see Lightfoots Commentary at the passage; WH's Appendix, at the passage; and add to the examples of the interchange πρεσβευτεροις in Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus, Appendix, Inscriptions from the Great Theatre, p. 24 (col. 5, 50:72)). (Aeschyl, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, others; the Sept. for זָקֵן.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:18
Titus
2:2
Philemon
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4246 matches the Greek πρεσβύτης (presbytēs),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:10 - With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
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