πρεσβύτης
presbytēs · old man
Greek word · Strong’s number G4246 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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presbytēs (πρεσβύτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “old man”.
How to say it
pres·by·tēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Advanced in years, an aged male.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- old man ×2
- Older men ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 1:18
And Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”
- Titus 2:2
Older men are to be sober, honorable, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in endurance.
- Philemon 1:9
because of love I rather appeal to you, being such a man as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus.