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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

  • ἦλθε δὲ Μωυσῆσ καὶ ἐκάλεσε τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖσ πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ, οὓσ συνέταξεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 19:7)
  • καὶ κατέβη Κύριοσ ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτόν. καὶ παρείλατο ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματοσ τοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρασ τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ. ὡσ δὲ ἐπανεπαύσατο πνεῦμα ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν καὶ οὐκ ἔτι προσέθεντο. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:25)
  • ἐκκλησιάσατε πρόσ με τοὺσ φυλάρχουσ ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺσ κριτὰσ ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺσ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖσ ὑμῶν, ἵνα λαλήσω εἰσ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ, καὶ διαμαρτύρωμαι αὐτοῖσ τόν τε οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 31:28)
  • μνήσθητε ἡμέρασ αἰῶνοσ, σύνετε ἔτη γενεᾶσ γενεῶν. ἐπερώτησον τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ σοι, τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ σου, καὶ ἐροῦσί σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:7)
  • καὶ ἐξήνεγκαν αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆσ σκηνῆσ καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸσ Ἰησοῦν καὶ τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὰ ἔναντι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:23)

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