Old man
πρεσβύτηςStrong’s G4246presbutēs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Presbutēs is the Greek word usually translated “aged” and “old man”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”
Meaning
Usually translated “aged” and “old man”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- aged 2
- an old man 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Titus 1
- Philemon 1
3 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
πρεσβύτης presbutēs · old man
πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, which see, [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Gen.25:8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), 2Ch.32:31 Bl (לוּץ), 1Ma.14:22 S, al. (see Thackeray, Gr., 97) ;] 1. an old man: Luk.1:18, Tit.2:2, Phm 9 (R, txt., but see infr.). 2. As in LXX, also = πρεσβευτής, an ambassador: Phm 9 (R, mg., see Lft. and ICC, in l).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “aged” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
A'GED, adjective
- Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species of being; applied to animals or plants; as, an aged man, or an aged oak.
- Having a certain age; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
All definitions and other forms of “aged”
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.