G4246: πρεσβύτης
presbýtēs · “old man”
Definition
an old man
KJV translates it as: aged (man), old man
Word origin: from the same as G4245 (πρεσβύτερος);
Extended definition
πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, which see,
[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Gen.25:8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), 2Ch.32:31 Bl (לוּץ), 1Ma.14:22 S, al. (see Thackeray, Gr., 97) ;]
1. an old man: Luk.1:18, Tit.2:2, Phm 9 (R, txt., but see infr.).
2. As in LXX, also = πρεσβευτής, an ambassador: Phm 9 (R, mg., see Lft. and ICC, in l).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Gen.25:8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), 2Ch.32:31 Bl (לוּץ), 1Ma.14:22 S, al. (see Thackeray, Gr., 97) ;]
1. an old man: Luk.1:18, Tit.2:2, Phm 9 (R, txt., but see infr.).
2. As in LXX, also = πρεσβευτής, an ambassador: Phm 9 (R, mg., see Lft. and ICC, in l).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4246 is translated
- an old man, ×1
- the aged men ×1
- aged ×1
Bible verses with G4246 (presbýtēs)
Presbýtēs appears in 3 verses.
- Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
- Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
- Philemon 1:9
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.