Gloss
older man, possibly an official of the church in some contexts
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πρεσβύτης, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
presbytēs
Simplified transliteration
presbytes
Numbers
Strong's number
4246
GK Number
4566
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1f
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πρεσβύτης
| Luke 1:18 | But Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old (presbytēs | πρεσβύτης | nom sg masc) man and my wife is advanced in years?” |
| Titus 2:2 | Older men (presbytas | πρεσβύτας | acc pl masc) should be clear-minded, dignified, self-controlled, healthy in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. |
| Philemon 1:9 | yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you — I, Paul, an old man (presbytēs | πρεσβύτης | nom sg masc) and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus — |
