Strong G4242πρεσβεία
delegation
- Transliteration
- presbeia
- Pronunciation
- pres-bi'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4243; seniority (eldership) that is (by implication) an embassy (concretely ambassadors): - ambassage message.
Detailed definition
πρεσβεία, -ας, ἡ
(πρεσβεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 *;]
1. age, seniority.
2. rank, dignity.
3. an embassy; by meton., of the ambassadors, embassy: Luk.14:32 19:14.†
(AS)
(πρεσβεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 *;]
1. age, seniority.
2. rank, dignity.
3. an embassy; by meton., of the ambassadors, embassy: Luk.14:32 19:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4242 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ambassage1
- message1
First verses
- Luke 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρεσβ-εία, ἡ,
age, seniority, right of the elder, κατὰ πρεσβείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 4 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259b12: hence,)]
2 rank, dignity, πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 509b.)]
II embassy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 570, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422d, +others)]
II.2 body of ambassadors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 647, “Eq.” 795, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72, 4.118, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.23 (_plural_), etc.; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια τὴν π. “IG” 12.19.14, +others; καλέσαι τὴν π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [prev. work]22.1.54.)]
III intercession, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 33.)]
age, seniority, right of the elder, κατὰ πρεσβείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 4 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259b12: hence,)]
2 rank, dignity, πρεσβείᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπερέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 509b.)]
II embassy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 570, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422d, +others)]
II.2 body of ambassadors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 647, “Eq.” 795, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72, 4.118, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.23 (_plural_), etc.; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια τὴν π. “IG” 12.19.14, +others; καλέσαι τὴν π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [prev. work]22.1.54.)]
III intercession, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 33.)]