ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G4242 - presbeia

Choose a new font size and typeface
πρεσβεία
Transliteration
presbeia (Key)
Pronunciation
pres-bi'-ah
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

πρεσβεία presbeía, pres-bi'-ah; from G4243; seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors):—ambassage, message.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4242 in the following manner: ambassage (1x), message (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4242 in the following manner: ambassage (1x), message (1x).
  1. age, dignity, right of the first born

  2. the business normally intrusted to elders, spec. the office of an ambassador, an embassy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρεσβεία presbeía, pres-bi'-ah; from G4243; seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors):—ambassage, message.
STRONGS G4242:
πρεσβεία, πρεσβειας, (πρεσβεύω);
1. age, dignity, right of the first born: Aeschylus Pers. 4; Plato, de rep. 6, p. 509 b.; Pausanias, 3, 1, 4; 3, 3, 8.
2. the business usually to be entrusted to elders, specifically, the office of an ambassador, an embassy (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato); abstract for the concrete, an ambassage, i. e. ambassadors, Luke 14:32; Luke 19:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
14:32; 19:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4242 matches the Greek πρεσβεία (presbeia),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:32 - And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan