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Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4246: πρεσβύτης 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.) Forms and Transliterations πρεσβευταίς πρεσβύται Πρεσβυτας Πρεσβύτας πρεσβύτην πρεσβυτης πρεσβύτης πρεσβύτου Presbutas presbutes presbutēs Presbytas Presbýtas presbytes presbytēs presbýtes presbýtēs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts