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Koine Greek wordlink #54110

SR GNT Luke 15:25 πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros) ‘the son of him elder in the field and’ Strongs=42450 Lemma=presbuteros
Word role=adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form πρεσβύτερος (A-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πρεσβύτερος’ (A-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘elder’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘presbuteros’ have 6 different glosses: ‘an elder’, ‘to an elder’, ‘to your elders’, ‘elder’, ‘elders’, ‘eldresses’.

Greek words (4) other than πρεσβύτερος (A-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘elder’

1TIM 5:1 πρεσβυτέρῳ (presbuterōi) S-DMS ‘to an elder not you may harshly_give_rebuke but’ SR GNT 1Tim 5:1 word 1

1TIM 5:19 πρεσβυτέρου (presbuterou) S-GMS ‘against an elder accusation not be accepting’ SR GNT 1Tim 5:19 word 2

2YHN 1:1 πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros) S-NMS ‘the elder to the chosen mistress and’ SR GNT 2Yhn 1:1 word 2

3YHN 1:1 πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros) S-NMS ‘the elder to Gaios the beloved’ SR GNT 3Yhn 1:1 word 2

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular