Old woman
πρεσβῦτιςStrong’s G4247presbutis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Presbutis is the Greek word usually translated “aged”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
Meaning
Usually translated “aged”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- aged 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
πρεσβῦτις presbutis · old woman
πρεσβῦτις, -ιδος, ἡ fem, of πρεσβύτης, [in LXX: 4Ma.16:14 * ;] an aged woman: Tit.2:3.† (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.