noun · masculine

presbutos

Greekπρεσβύτης (presbutēs)

Strong’sG4246

an old man

stem presbut-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

old man2×older men1×

What it means

πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, q.v.,

[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Ge 25:8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), II Ch 32:31 B1 (מֵלִיץ), I Mac 14:22 S, al. (v. Thackeray, Gr., 97);]

1. an old man: Lk 1:18, Tit 2:2, Phm 9 (R, txt., but v. infr.).

2. As in LXX, also = πρεσβευτής, an ambassador: Phm 9 (R, mg., v. Lft. and ICC, in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4246 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpres-boo'-tace

an old man

Fromfrom the same as G4245;

King Jamesaged (man), old man.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	presbutos2×πρεσβύτης	presbutois
object accusative	presbuton	presbutoin1×πρεσβύτας
direct address vocative	presbutor	presbutoir
of, belonging to genitive	presbutou	presbutoiu
to, for dative	presbuto	presbutoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

presbutstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

presbuto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

presbutos“old man”subjectnominative singular2×

Luke 1:18“old man”kai legata Zacharios pros ton angelon; Kata tinem gnōskemi houtem? mis gar amō presbutos kai tas gunaikas mu probainarētas en tai hēmerai autau.“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Philemon 1:9“old man”dia tan agapan mallon parakalamō, toioutos arōtos hōs Paulos presbutos nuni de kai desmios Christou IēsuI prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

presbutoin“older men”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 2:2“older men”presbutoin nēfalioin arō, semnoin, sōfrōnoin, hugiainarōtoin ta pistia, ta agapa, ta hupomona.Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.