The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πρεσβεία

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaπρεσβεία
Citation formπρεσβεία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossan embassy, delegation
Strong’sG4242
Transliterationpresbeía
Definitionseniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors)
KJV glosses:--ambassage, message.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πρεσβείαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 14:32
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 19:14

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πρεσβεια.