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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. προπορεύου τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, λαβὲ δὲ σεαυτῷ ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ. καὶ τὴν ράβδον, ἐν ᾗ ἐπάταξασ τὸν ποταμόν, λαβὲ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου καὶ πορεύσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:5)
  • ΚΑΙ Μωυσῇ εἶπεν. ἀνάβηθι πρὸσ τὸν Κύριον σὺ καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ναδὰβ καὶ Ἀβιοὺδ καὶ ἑβδημήκοντα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ἰσραήλ, καὶ προσκυνήσουσι μακρόθεν τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 24:1)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. συνάγαγέ μοι ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρασ ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ἰσραήλ, οὓσ αὐτὸσ σὺ οἶδασ, ὅτι οὗτοί εἰσι πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γραμματεῖσ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἄξεισ αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ στήσονται ἐκεῖ μετὰ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:16)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθε Μωυσῆσ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν τὰ ρήματα Κυρίου καὶ συνήγαγεν ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρασ ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺσ κύκλῳ τῆσ σκηνῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:24)
  • Καὶ φεύξεται εἰσ μίαν τῶν πόλεων τούτων καὶ στήσεται ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ λαλήσει ἐν τοῖσ ὠσὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐκείνησ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ καὶ ἐπιστρέψουσιν αὐτὸν ἡ συναγωγὴ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ δώσουσιν αὐτῷ τόπον καὶ κατοικήσει μετ’ αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 20:7)

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