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πρεσβύτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρεσβύτερος

Structure: πρεσβυτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. older of two people
  2. advanced in life, senior
  3. a term of rank or office, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin
  4. in the New Testament, a group that presided over the assemblies or congregations

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ ἡ πρεσβυτέρα πρὸσ τὴν νεωτέραν. ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν πρεσβύτεροσ, καὶ οὐδείσ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃσ εἰσελεύσεται πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ὡσ καθήκει πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:31)
  • ἐπότισαν δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ πρεσβυτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀναστῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:33)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ εἶπεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα πρὸσ τὴν νεωτέραν. ἰδοὺ ἐκοιμήθην χθὲσ μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν. ποτίσωμεν αὐτὸν οἶνον καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα κοιμήθητι μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν σπέρμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:34)
  • καὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μωὰβ λέγουσα. ἐκ τοῦ πατρόσ μου. οὗτοσ πατὴρ Μωαβιτῶν ἕωσ τῆσ σήμερον ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:37)
  • ἡ ἀδελφὴ ὑμῶν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα Σαμάρεια, αὐτὴ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρεσ αὐτῆσ, ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου. καὶ ἡ ἀδελφή σου ἡ νεωτέρα σου ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐκ δεξιῶν σου Σόδομα καὶ αἱ θυγατέρεσ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:46)

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