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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Luke
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1:18
- Titus
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2:2
- Philemon
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1:9