UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: πρεσβύτης and πρεσβύτερος[a] (m) may differ somewhat in connotation from γέρων grown man (9.30: γέρων) in the implication of greater status or dignity.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: πρεσβύτης; -ου

Related lemmas: πρεσβεύω

Sense 1: old man

Semantic entry: 9.31

Semantic domains: People

Subdomains: Males

Definition: an adult male advanced in years{N:001}

LUK 1:18: RV LUK 1:18 · LV LUK 1:18 · Read together LUK 1:18

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OET-RV LUK 1:18

18 Zekaryah asked the messenger, “How will I know if you’re telling the truth, because I’m an older man and my wife is also getting old?”

OET-LV LUK 1:18

18 And Zaⱪarias said to the messenger:
By what ˓will˒_I _be _knowing this?
For/Because I am an_older _man, and the wife of _me having _advanced in the days of _her.

TIT 2:2: RV TIT 2:2 · LV TIT 2:2 · Read together TIT 2:2

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OET-RV TIT 2:2

2 Older men should be sober, dignified, sensible, and sound in their faith, their love, and their endurance.

OET-LV TIT 2:2

2 The_older _men to _be sober, dignified, sensible, being _sound the in _faith, the in _love, the in _endurance.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:18 · LV LUK 1:18 · Read together LUK 1:18

TIT: RV TIT 2:2 · LV TIT 2:2 · Read together TIT 2:2

PHM: RV PHM 1:9 · LV PHM 1:9 · Read together PHM 1:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πρεσβύτης

Form 1

Sense 1: old man