Strong G4243πρεσβεύω
be ambassador
- Transliteration
- presbeuō
- Pronunciation
- pres-byoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the base of G4245; to be a senior that is (by implication) act as a representative (figuratively preacher): - be an ambassador.
Detailed definition
πρεσβεύω
(πρέσβυς),
1. to be the elder, to take precedence.
2. to be an ambassador (see: πρεσβύτης): 2Co.5:20, Eph.6:20.†
(AS)
(πρέσβυς),
1. to be the elder, to take precedence.
2. to be an ambassador (see: πρεσβύτης): 2Co.5:20, Eph.6:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4243 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ambassador2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
- Ephesians 6:20For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρεσβ-εύω,
perfect πεπρέσβευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 610, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.310)]:—middle, aorist ἐπρεσβευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.92, etc.:)] —passive, perfect πεπρέσβευμαι (see. below):
I properly of age,
I.1 intransitive, to be the elder or eldest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1422; οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 951e)]: with genitive person, to be older than, be the eldest of a number, τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.2; π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114)]; π. ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ to be his eldest son, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55)]; of wine, πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων.. ὥραις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 60.2; π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.19a: hence,)]
I.1.b take the first place, be best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 720)]; οἷσι πρεσβεύει γένος, of the male sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 45.)]
I.1.c with genitive, rank before, take precedence of others, π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 752e)]: hence, rule over, Ολύμπου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1389; Ἴναχε.. μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις [prev. author] “fragment” 270 (_anapaest meter_))]; also, have at one's command or disposal, with genitive, καὶ εἰ (καὶ σὺ Kaibel) τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.352d.)]
I.2 transitive, place as oldest or first, put first in rank, πρῶτον.. πρεσβεύω θεῶν Γαῖαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1)]: hence, pay special honour or worship to, πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 488, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1065, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 186b; joined with τιμῶ [prev. author] “Cri.” 46c; τὰ δίκαια πρὸ παντὸς ἰδίου συμφέροντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.30.3)]:—passive, hold the first place, Παλλὰς.. ἐν λόγοις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 21)]; ὁ δ᾽ ὕστατός γε τοῦ χρόνου π. is first in point of time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1300: with _genitive_, κακῶν πρεσβεύεται τὸ Αήμνιον)] is most notable of mischiefs, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 631 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ νεωτέρου ἐστὶ πρεσβευόμενον is more honoured than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 879b.)]
I.2.b later, cultivate arts, etc., διαλεκτικόν, τὸ.. τοὺς λόγους πρεσβεῦον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.18; π. παρὰ Ῥοδίοις ἃ μήπω ἐγίγνωσκον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1)] Praef.; πόλις ὄρχησιν μάλιστα πρεσβεύουσα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 76.)]
II to be an ambassador or serve as one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.135.5; ἀπὸ Κορίνθου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.93; εἰς Θετταλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41)]; παρά or πρός τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 158a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.3)]; τινος for one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 479: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 610, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἃς ἐπρέσβευσεν [εἰς Θήβας] πρεσβείας 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.16.)]
II.b at Rome, act as legatus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 4.)]
II.2 with accusative objecti, π. εἰρήνην negotiate peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.177, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.134, etc.; π. ὑπὲρ τουτωνὶ τὰ βέλτιστα [prev. work]189; π. πολλὰ καὶ δεινά [prev. passage]:)] — passive, τὰ αὑτῷ πεπρεσβευμένα his negotiations, [Refs ([prev. work]20; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ πεπρεσβεῦσθαι [prev. work]240.)]
II.3 middle, send ambassadors, ἐς χωρία, ἐς τὴν Θουρίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7, 6.104; πρεσβεύεσθαι παρά τινας [prev. author] 4.41, etc.; πρός τινας [prev. author] 1.126; ἐς Αακεδαίμονα περὶ καθόδου [prev. author] 3.85.)]
II.3.b go as ambassador, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.39.)]
III with accusative of things, represent, urge, maintain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 23)]; [δόγματα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.753; τὴν ὄψιν κατὰ εἰσδοχὴν π. 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 5.6: with)]infinitive, κατὰ ἐκπομπὴν εἶναι τὴν ὄψιν[Refs ([prev. work] 10.)]
perfect πεπρέσβευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 610, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.310)]:—middle, aorist ἐπρεσβευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.92, etc.:)] —passive, perfect πεπρέσβευμαι (see. below):
I properly of age,
I.1 intransitive, to be the elder or eldest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1422; οἱ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 951e)]: with genitive person, to be older than, be the eldest of a number, τῶν προτέρων ἐπρέσβευε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.2; π. τῶν ἄλλων κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114)]; π. ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ to be his eldest son, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55)]; of wine, πολλαῖς π. ἐτέων.. ὥραις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 60.2; π. τοῖς χρόνοις τὰ ἡρωικά 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.19a: hence,)]
I.1.b take the first place, be best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 720)]; οἷσι πρεσβεύει γένος, of the male sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 45.)]
I.1.c with genitive, rank before, take precedence of others, π. τῶν πολλῶν πόλεων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 752e)]: hence, rule over, Ολύμπου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1389; Ἴναχε.. μέγα πρεσβεύων Ἄργους γύαις [prev. author] “fragment” 270 (_anapaest meter_))]; also, have at one's command or disposal, with genitive, καὶ εἰ (καὶ σὺ Kaibel) τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ πρεσβεύεις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.352d.)]
I.2 transitive, place as oldest or first, put first in rank, πρῶτον.. πρεσβεύω θεῶν Γαῖαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1)]: hence, pay special honour or worship to, πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 488, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1065, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 186b; joined with τιμῶ [prev. author] “Cri.” 46c; τὰ δίκαια πρὸ παντὸς ἰδίου συμφέροντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.30.3)]:—passive, hold the first place, Παλλὰς.. ἐν λόγοις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 21)]; ὁ δ᾽ ὕστατός γε τοῦ χρόνου π. is first in point of time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1300: with _genitive_, κακῶν πρεσβεύεται τὸ Αήμνιον)] is most notable of mischiefs, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 631 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ νεωτέρου ἐστὶ πρεσβευόμενον is more honoured than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 879b.)]
I.2.b later, cultivate arts, etc., διαλεκτικόν, τὸ.. τοὺς λόγους πρεσβεῦον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.18; π. παρὰ Ῥοδίοις ἃ μήπω ἐγίγνωσκον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1)] Praef.; πόλις ὄρχησιν μάλιστα πρεσβεύουσα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 76.)]
II to be an ambassador or serve as one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.135.5; ἀπὸ Κορίνθου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.93; εἰς Θετταλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41)]; παρά or πρός τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 158a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.3)]; τινος for one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 479: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 610, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἃς ἐπρέσβευσεν [εἰς Θήβας] πρεσβείας 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.16.)]
II.b at Rome, act as legatus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 4.)]
II.2 with accusative objecti, π. εἰρήνην negotiate peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.177, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.134, etc.; π. ὑπὲρ τουτωνὶ τὰ βέλτιστα [prev. work]189; π. πολλὰ καὶ δεινά [prev. passage]:)] — passive, τὰ αὑτῷ πεπρεσβευμένα his negotiations, [Refs ([prev. work]20; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ πεπρεσβεῦσθαι [prev. work]240.)]
II.3 middle, send ambassadors, ἐς χωρία, ἐς τὴν Θουρίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7, 6.104; πρεσβεύεσθαι παρά τινας [prev. author] 4.41, etc.; πρός τινας [prev. author] 1.126; ἐς Αακεδαίμονα περὶ καθόδου [prev. author] 3.85.)]
II.3.b go as ambassador, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.39.)]
III with accusative of things, represent, urge, maintain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 23)]; [δόγματα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.753; τὴν ὄψιν κατὰ εἰσδοχὴν π. 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 5.6: with)]infinitive, κατὰ ἐκπομπὴν εἶναι τὴν ὄψιν[Refs ([prev. work] 10.)]