Strong’s G4246 · Greek

πρεσβύτης
presbýtēs

Definition

an old man

Etymology

from the same as G4245 (πρεσβύτερος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • aged (man)
  • old man

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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