πρεσβύτερος presbuteros · G4245G

elder: Elder

πρέσβυς, -εως, ὁ poët. form of πρεσβύτης (which see), ; [in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador): Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ), Isa.13:8 57:9 (צִיר), 1Ma.9:70, al. ; ] ; an old man. ; Compar., ; πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον, ; [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן ; ] ; 1. of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π., Luk.15:25; as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι, Act.2:17; to νεώτερος, 1Ti.5:1-2; of the religious leaders of the past, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3, 5, Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες, Heb.1:1). ; 2. Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; see Deiss., BS, 154 ff., 233 If.; LAE, 373); (a) among Jews: Mat.16:21 26:47, 57 27:3, 12 27:20, 41 …

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