The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πρεσβύτης

Lemmaπρεσβύτης
Citation formπρεσβύτης, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossan old man
Strong’sG4246
Transliterationpresbýtēs
Definitionan old man
KJV glosses:--aged (man), old man.
Derivationfrom the same as
SBLGNT occurrences3

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
πρεσβύτας
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Titus 2:2
πρεσβύτης
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Luke 1:18
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Philemon 1:9

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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