πρεσβύτης, -ου prose form of πρέσβυς, which see, [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן, Gen.25:8, al; also (= πρεσβευτής), 2Ch.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). (
AS)