Strong G4245G4245Hπρεσβύτερος
elder: old
One of the 2 senses of Strong G4245
- Transliteration
- presbuteros
- Pronunciation
- pres-boo'-ter-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun
Definition
Comparative of πρέσβυς presbus (elderly);
older; as noun a senior; specifically an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively member of the celestial council) or Christian presbyter: - elder (-est) old.
older; as noun a senior; specifically an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively member of the celestial council) or Christian presbyter: - elder (-est) old.
Detailed definition
πρέσβυς, -εως, ὁ poët. form of πρεσβύτης (which see),
[in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador): Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ), Isa.13:8 57:9 (צִיר), 1Ma.9:70, al.;]
an old man.
Compar.,
πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן;]
1. of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π., Luk.15:25; as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι, Act.2:17; to νεώτερος, 1Ti.5:1-2; of the religious leaders of the past, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3, 5, Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες, Heb.1:1).
2. Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; see Deiss., BS, 154 ff., 233 If.; LAE, 373);
__(a) among Jews: Mat.16:21 26:47, 57 27:3, 12 27:20, 41 28:12, Mrk.8:31 11:27 14:43, 53 15:1, Luk.7:3 9:22 20:1 22:52, Jhn.8:9, Act.4:5, 8 4:23 6:12 23:14 24:1; τ. Ἰουνδαίων, Act.25:15; τ. λαοῦ, Mat.21:23 26:3 27:1;
__(b) among Christians: Act.11:30 14:23 15:2, 4 15:6, 22-23 16:4 21:18, 1Ti.5:17 5:19, Tit.1:5, II Jn 1, 3Jn.1, 1Pe.5:1 5:5; τ. ἐκκλησίας, Act.20:17, Jas.5:14;
__(with) in the visions of the Apocalypse: Rev.4:4, 10 5:5-6, 8 5:11, 14 7:11, 13 11:16 14:3 19:4.
(On the NT use of this word and its relation to ἐπίσκοπος (which see), cf. Lft., Phi., 93 ff., 189 ff.; CGT, Past. Epp., lvi ff.) †
(AS)
[in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador): Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ), Isa.13:8 57:9 (צִיר), 1Ma.9:70, al.;]
an old man.
Compar.,
πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן;]
1. of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π., Luk.15:25; as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι, Act.2:17; to νεώτερος, 1Ti.5:1-2; of the religious leaders of the past, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3, 5, Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες, Heb.1:1).
2. Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; see Deiss., BS, 154 ff., 233 If.; LAE, 373);
__(a) among Jews: Mat.16:21 26:47, 57 27:3, 12 27:20, 41 28:12, Mrk.8:31 11:27 14:43, 53 15:1, Luk.7:3 9:22 20:1 22:52, Jhn.8:9, Act.4:5, 8 4:23 6:12 23:14 24:1; τ. Ἰουνδαίων, Act.25:15; τ. λαοῦ, Mat.21:23 26:3 27:1;
__(b) among Christians: Act.11:30 14:23 15:2, 4 15:6, 22-23 16:4 21:18, 1Ti.5:17 5:19, Tit.1:5, II Jn 1, 3Jn.1, 1Pe.5:1 5:5; τ. ἐκκλησίας, Act.20:17, Jas.5:14;
__(with) in the visions of the Apocalypse: Rev.4:4, 10 5:5-6, 8 5:11, 14 7:11, 13 11:16 14:3 19:4.
(On the NT use of this word and its relation to ἐπίσκοπος (which see), cf. Lft., Phi., 93 ff., 189 ff.; CGT, Past. Epp., lvi ff.) †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4245H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elder3
- eldest1
- man1
- woman1
First verses
- Luke 15:25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
- John 8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
- Acts 2:17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- 1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
- 1 Timothy 5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- Hebrews 11:2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: πρεσβῠτέριον
or πρεσβῠ-εῖον, τό, council of elders, presbytery, [NT (NT.Luke.22.66, NT.Act.22.5, NT.1Tim.4.14.)]
II honour or privilege of an elder, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX “Su.” 50.)]
or πρεσβῠ-εῖον, τό, council of elders, presbytery, [NT (NT.Luke.22.66, NT.Act.22.5, NT.1Tim.4.14.)]
II honour or privilege of an elder, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX “Su.” 50.)]