Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
πρέσβυς (G4245)
66 πρέσβυς , -εως, ὁ , poët. form of πρεσβύτης (q.v.), [in LXX (= πρεσβευτής , an ambassador ): Nu 21:20 ( 21 ), al. ( מַלְאָךְ ), Is 13:8 57:9 ( צִיר ), I Mac 9:70 , al.;] an old man . Compar., πρεσβύτερος , -α , -ον , [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן ;] of age, elder : ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π. , Lk 15:25 ; as subst., opp. to νεανίσκοι , Ac 2:17 ; to νεώτερος , I Ti 5:1 , 2 ; of the religious leaders of the past, Mt 15:2 , Mk 7:3 , 5 , He 11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες , He 1:1 ). Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; v. Deiss., BS , 154 ff., 233 ff.; LAE , 373); among Jews: Mt 16:21 26:47 , 57 27:3 , 12 , 20 , 41 28:12 , Mk 8:31 11:27 14:43 , 53 15:1 , Lk 7:3 9:22 20:1 22:52 , Jo 8:[9] , Ac 4:5 , 8 , 23 6:12 23:14 24:1 ; τ. Ἰουνδαίων , Ac 25:15 ; τ. λαοῦ , Mt 21:23 26:3 27:1 ; among Christians: Ac 11:30 14:23 15:2 , 4 , 6 , 22 , 23 16:4 21:18 , I Ti 5:17 , 19 , Tit 1:5 , II Jo 1 , III Jo 1 , I Pe 5:1 , 5 ; τ. ἐκκλησίας , Ac 20:17 , Ja 5:14 ; in the visions of the Apocalypse: Re 4:4 , 10 5:5 , 6 , 8 , 11 , 14 7:11 , 13 11:16 14:3 19:4 . (On the NT use of this word and its relation to ἐπίσκοπος (q.v.), cf. Lft., Phl. , 93 ff., 189 ff.; CGT , Past. Epp. , lvi ff.) †
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