πρέσβυς, -εως, ὁ poët. form of πρεσβύτης (which see),
[in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador):
Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ),
Isa.13:8;
57:9 (צִיר),
1Ma.9:70, al. ;]
an old man.
Compar.,
πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן ;]
1.
of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π.,
Luk.15:25 as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι,
Act.2:17 to νεώτερος,
1Ti.5:1-2 of the religious leaders of the past,
Mat.15:2,
Mrk.7:3, 5,
Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες,
Heb.1:1).
2.
Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; see Deiss., BS, 154 ff., 233 If.;
LAE, 373);
(a)
among Jews:
Mat.16:21;
26:47, 57;
27:3, 12;
27:20, 41;
28:12,
Mrk.8:31;
11:27;
14:43, 53;
15:1,
Luk.7:3;
9:22;
20:1;
22:52,
Jhn.8:9,
Act.4:5, 8;
4:23;
6:12;
23:14;
24:1; τ. Ἰουνδαίων,
Act.25:15 τ. λαοῦ,
Mat.21:23;
26:3;
27:1;
(b)
among Christians:
Act.11:30;
14:23;
15:2, 4;
15:6, 22-23;
16:4;
21:18,
1Ti.5:17;
5:19,
Tit.1:5,
2Jn.1:1,
3Jn.1:1,
1Pe.5:1;
5:5; τ. ἐκκλησίας,
Act.20:17,
Jas.5:14;
(with)
in the visions of the Apocalypse:
Rev.4:4, 10;
5:5-6, 8;
5:11, 14;
7:11, 13;
11:16;
14:3;
19:4.
(On the NT use of this word and its relation to ἐπίσκοπος (which see), cf. Lft., Phi., 93 ff., 189 ff.; CGT, Past. Epp., lvi ff.) †
(AS)
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