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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 - καὶ ἐκλιπὼν ἀπέθανεν Αβρααμ ἐν γήρει καλῷ πρεσβύτης G4246 καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - καὶ εἶπεν μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἡμᾶς οὗ εἵνεκεν ἦσθα μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἔσῃ ἐν ἡμῖν πρεσβύτης G4246

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - ἔθνος ἀναιδὲς προσώπῳ ὅστις οὐ θαυμάσει πρόσωπον πρεσβύτου G4246 καὶ νέον οὐκ ἐλεήσει

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - ἔξωθεν ἀτεκνώσει αὐτοὺς μάχαιρα καὶ ἐκ τῶν ταμιείων φόβος νεανίσκος σὺν παρθένῳ θηλάζων μετὰ καθεστηκότος πρεσβύτου G4246

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - καὶ ἀνεθεμάτισεν αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς καὶ ὅσα ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἕως γυναικός ἀπὸ νεανίσκου καὶ ἕως πρεσβύτου G4246 καὶ ἕως μόσχου καὶ ὑποζυγίου ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ πρεσβύτης G4246 εἰσῆλθεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐξ ὄρους Εφραιμ καὶ αὐτὸς παρῴκει ἐν Γαβαα καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ τόπου υἱοὶ Βενιαμιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - καὶ ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ὁδοιπόρον ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ τῆς πόλεως καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ πρεσβύτης G4246 ποῦ πορεύῃ καὶ πόθεν ἔρχῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ πρεσβύτης G4246 εἰρήνη σοι πλὴν πᾶν τὸ ὑστέρημά σου ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ πλὴν ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ μὴ καταλύσῃς

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - αὐτῶν δὲ ἀγαθυνθέντων τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως υἱοὶ παρανόμων περιεκύκλωσαν τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἔκρουσαν τὴν θύραν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν κύριον τῆς οἰκίας τὸν πρεσβύτην G4246 λέγοντες ἐξάγαγε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν εἰσελθόντα εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου ἵνα γνῶμεν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - καὶ Ηλι πρεσβύτης G4246 σφόδρα καὶ ἤκουσεν ἃ ἐποίουν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - καὶ οὐκ ἔσται σου πρεσβύτης G4246 ἐν οἴκῳ μου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - καὶ προσέθετο κύριος δηλωθῆναι ἐν Σηλωμ ὅτι ἀπεκαλύφθη κύριος πρὸς Σαμουηλ καὶ ἐπιστεύθη Σαμουηλ προφήτης γενέσθαι τῷ κυρίῳ εἰς πάντα Ισραηλ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρων τῆς γῆς καὶ ἕως ἄκρων καὶ Ηλι πρεσβύτης G4246 σφόδρα καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον κυρίου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐμνήσθη τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ δίφρου ὀπισθίως ἐχόμενος τῆς πύλης καὶ συνετρίβη ὁ νῶτος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανεν ὅτι πρεσβύτης G4246 ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ βαρύς καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ εἴκοσι ἔτη

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Βηρσαβεε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὸ ταμίειον καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς πρεσβύτης G4246 σφόδρα καὶ Αβισακ ἡ Σωμανῖτις ἦν λειτουργοῦσα τῷ βασιλεῖ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - καὶ προφήτης εἷς πρεσβύτης G4246 κατῴκει ἐν Βαιθηλ καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ ἅπαντα τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐν Βαιθηλ καὶ τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἐλάλησεν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες παραπορευόμενοι καὶ εἶδον τὸ θνησιμαῖον ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκει ἐχόμενα τοῦ θνησιμαίου καὶ εἰσῆλθον καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῇ πόλει οὗ ὁ προφήτης ὁ πρεσβύτης G4246 κατῴκει ἐν αὐτῇ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - καὶ εἶπεν τί δεῖ ποιῆσαι αὐτῇ καὶ εἶπεν Γιεζι τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ καὶ μάλα υἱὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῇ καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς πρεσβύτης G4246

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - καὶ Δαυιδ πρεσβύτης G4246 καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Σαλωμων τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ισραηλ

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:10 - καί γε πρεσβύτης G4246 καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν πρεσβῦται G4246 δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι πρεσβῦται G4246 μετὰ νεωτέρων

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - καὶ συμπεσεῖται ὁ λαός ἄνθρωπος πρὸς ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἄνθρωπος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ προσκόψει τὸ παιδίον πρὸς τὸν πρεσβύτην G4246 ὁ ἄτιμος πρὸς τὸν ἔντιμον

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - (LXX 9:14)πρεσβύτην G4246 καὶ τοὺς τὰ πρόσωπα θαυμάζοντας αὕτη ἡ ἀρχή καὶ προφήτην διδάσκοντα ἄνομα οὗτος ἡ οὐρά

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - ὅτι οὕτως ἄξει βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Αἰγύπτου καὶ Αἰθιόπων νεανίσκους καὶ πρεσβύτας G4246 γυμνοὺς καὶ ἀνυποδέτους ἀνακεκαλυμμένους τὴν αἰσχύνην Αἰγύπτου

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται ἐκεῖ ἄωρος καὶ πρεσβύτης G4246 ὃς οὐκ ἐμπλήσει τὸν χρόνον αὐτοῦ ἔσται γὰρ ὁ νέος ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν ὁ δὲ ἀποθνῄσκων ἁμαρτωλὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν καὶ ἐπικατάρατος ἔσται

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - (LXX 38:13)τότε χαρήσονται παρθένοι ἐν συναγωγῇ νεανίσκων καὶ πρεσβῦται G4246 χαρήσονται καὶ στρέψω τὸ πένθος αὐτῶν εἰς χαρμονὴν καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς εὐφραινομένους

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - ἐκοιμήθησαν εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον παιδάριον καὶ πρεσβύτης G4246 παρθένοι μου καὶ νεανίσκοι μου ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἀπέκτεινας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς σου ἐμαγείρευσας οὐκ ἐφείσω

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - πρόσωπον κυρίου μερὶς αὐτῶν οὐ προσθήσει ἐπιβλέψαι αὐτοῖς πρόσωπον ἱερέων οὐκ ἔλαβον πρεσβύτας G4246 οὐκ ἠλέησαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - καὶ πρεσβῦται G4246 ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν
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