πρεσβύτης

πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, which see,

[in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, 1 Mos 25,8, al.; also (= πρεσβευτής), 2 Kron 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).†