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Lexicon :: Strong's G4242 - presbeia

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πρεσβεία
Transliteration
presbeia (Key)
Pronunciation
pres-bi'-ah
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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)
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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, ἡ (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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
14:32; 19:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:32 - If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'
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