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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - “Please don’t leave us,” Moses pleaded. “You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp. Come, be our guide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outside, the sword will bring death,
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - When he saw the travelers sitting in the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - “You are welcome to stay with me,” the old man said. “I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don’t spend the night in the square.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - While they were enjoying themselves, a crowd of troublemakers from the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, “Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel’s judge for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went into the king’s bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - As it happened, there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons[fn] came home and told him what the man of God had done in Bethel that day. They also told their father what the man had said to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - People who passed by saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in Bethel, where the old prophet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - Later Elisha asked Gehazi, “What can we do for her?”
Gehazi replied, “She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is an old man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:10 - On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - The young stepped aside when they saw me,
and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - young men and young women,
old men and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - The leaders of Israel are the head,
and the lying prophets are the tail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[fn] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - “No longer will babies die when only a few days old.
No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life.
No longer will people be considered old at one hundred!
Only the cursed will die that young!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - The young women will dance for joy,
and the men—old and young—will join in the celebration.
I will turn their mourning into joy.
I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - “See them lying in the streets—
young and old,
boys and girls,
killed by the swords of the enemy.
You have killed them in your anger,
slaughtering them without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - The LORD himself has scattered them,
and he no longer helps them.
People show no respect for the priests
and no longer honor the leaders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
the young men no longer dance and sing.
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