GreekG8881Noun (Masculine)
πρέσβυς
presbus
“an ambassador”
0Occurrences
G8881Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.an old man, Lat. senex, (the prose form is πρεσβύτης); (Sophocles Tragicus):—; ὁ *πρέσβυς *is used much like ὁ πρεσβύτερος, the elder, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;plural πρέσβεις, elders, always implying dignity, chiefs, princes, (Aeschulus Tragicus); epic *πρέσβηες *(Hesiod)
2.(Homer) uses only the comparative and Sup., comparative πρεσβύτερος, α, ον, elder, older, (Iliad by Homer), attic; *ἐνιαυτῷ *by a year, (Aristophanes Comicus); *βουλαὶ πρεσβύτεραι *the wise councils of age, (Pindar);—;Sup. πρεσβύτατος, η, ον, eldest, (Iliad by Homer), etc.: —;the comparative and Sup. were used of things, *πρεσβύτερόν τι *(or οὐδὲν); *ἔχειν *= Lat. aliquid (or nihil) antiquius habere, to deem higher, more important, *τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πρεσβύτερα ποιεῖσθαι ἢ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν *(Herdotus Historicus); *πρεσβύτατον κρίνειν τι *(Thucydides); *πρεσβυτέρως γυμναστικὴν μουσικῆς τετιμηκέναι *more highly than . , (Plato Philosophus): —;hence, merely of magnitude, *πρεσβύτερον κακὸν κακοῦ *one evil greater than another, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3.like πρεσβευτής, an ambassador, (Aeschulus Tragicus);—;plural *πρέσβεις *is more used than πρεσβευταί, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.
4.a chief, president : comparative πρεσβύτερος, an elder of the Jewish Council, (New Testament), etc.: an elder of the Church, presbyter, (New Testament)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
πρέσβυς appears 0 times in the New Testament.
Key Passages
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