noun · feminine
presbutias
Greekπρεσβῦτις (presbutis)
Strong’sG4247
an old woman
stem presbuti-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πρεσβῦτις, -ιδος, ἡ, fem, of πρεσβύτης,
[in LXX: IV Mac 16:14*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4247 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpres-boo'-tis
an old woman
Fromfeminine of G4246;
King Jamesaged woman.
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 | presbutias | presbutiais |
| object accusative | presbutian | presbutiain1×Πρεσβύτιδας |
| direct address vocative | presbutiar | presbutiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | presbutiau | presbutiaiu |
| to, for dative | presbutia | presbutiai |
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
presbutia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
presbutiain“older women”objectaccusative plural1×
Titus 2:3“older women”Presbutiain hōsautōs en katastēme hieroprepain, mē diabolain mēde oino pollo doulirētain, kalodidaskalain,Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.