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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

  • πρὸ τοῦ κοιμηθῆναι δέ, οἱ ἄνδρεσ τῆσ πόλεωσ οἱ Σοδομῖται περικύκλωσαν τὴν οἰκίαν ἀπὸ νεανίσκου ἕωσ πρεσβυτέρου, ἅπασ ὁ λαὸσ ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:4)
  • καὶ λαβοῦσα Ρεβέκκα τὴν στολὴν Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆσ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τὴν καλήν, ἣ ἦν παῤ αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὴν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ τὸν νεώτερον (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:15)
  • ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ τὰ ρήματα Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆσ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου, καὶ πέμψασα ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου ἀπειλεῖ σοι τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:42)
  • ἠρεύνησε δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἀρξάμενοσ, ἕωσ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ εὗρε τὸ κόνδυ ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ τοῦ Βενιαμίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:12)
  • ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ καὶ τιμήσεισ πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν Θεόν σου. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:32)

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