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Strong's G4246 πρεσβύτης (presbytes)

Presbytes means “old man” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4246 — mecholah (“company”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4246
Language Greek
Linked Usages 52
Books 24

Strong's G4246 Quick Answer

Strong's G4246 πρεσβύτης (presbutes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. presbutes (pres-boo'-tace) n. 1. an old man [from presbus (elderly)] It has 52 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include aged and old. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
presbutes (pres-boo'-tace) n. 1. an old man [from presbus (elderly)]
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
aged and old

Meaning and Definition

presbutes (pres-boo'-tace) n. 1. an old man [from presbus (elderly)] KJV: aged (man), old man See also: G4245

Original Word
πρεσβύτης
Transliteration
presbutes
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4246. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

old man

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4246 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render presbutes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

aged Titus 2:2 old Luke 1:18

How Strong's G4246 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4246 (πρεσβύτης) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4246 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4246 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:18 KJV

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

Titus 2:2 KJV

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Philemon 1:9 KJV

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Strong's G4246 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 25:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

Numbers 10:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.

Deuteronomy 28:50 Septuagint / Brenton

a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

Strong's G4246 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

20 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:50 Septuagint / Brenton

Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.

2 Maccabees 11:34 Septuagint / Brenton

The Romans also sent unto them a letter containing these words: Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, send greeting unto the people of the Jews.

4 Maccabees 5:6 Septuagint / Brenton

I would counsel thee, old man, before thy tortures begin, to taste the swine’s flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of the Jews.

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4246.

Genesis 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.
Numbers 10:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.
Deuteronomy 28:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.
Deuteronomy 32:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, And terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; The young man shall perish with the virgin, The suckling with him who has grown old.
Joshua 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Judges 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold, an old man came out of the field from his work in the evening; and the man was of Mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah, and the men of the place were sons of Benjamin.
Judges 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a traveler in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Whither goest thou, and whence comest thou?
Judges 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the old man said, Peace be to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.
Judges 19:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.
1 Kingdoms 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
1 Kingdoms 2:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not have an old man in my house forever.
1 Kingdoms 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord manifested himself again in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Eli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years.
3 Kingdoms 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
3 Kingdoms 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Bethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.
3 Kingdoms 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcass: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
4 Kingdoms 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to Gehazi, What must we do for her? and Gehazi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.
1 Chronicles 23:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
Job 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, More advanced in days than thy father.
Job 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: And all the old men stood up.
Psalms 148:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Young men and virgins, Old men with youths:
Isaiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable.
Isaiah 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.
Isaiah 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old, naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed.
Isaiah 65:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shall there be there anymore a child that dies untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shall be a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed:
Jeremiah 38:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.
Lamentations 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The child and old man Have lain down in the street: My virgins and my young men Are gone into captivity: Thou hast slain them With the sword and with famine; In the day of thy wrath thou hast mangled them, Thou hast not spared.
Lamentations 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The presence of the Lord was their portion; But he will not again look upon them: They regarded not the person of the priests, They pitied not the prophets.
Lamentations 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders ceased from the gate, The chosen men ceased from their music.
Luke 1:18 New Testament, KJV
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
Titus 2:2 New Testament, KJV
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Philemon 1:9 New Testament, KJV
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
1 Esdras 1:50 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
2 Maccabees 11:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Romans also sent unto them a letter containing these words: Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, send greeting unto the people of the Jews.
4 Maccabees 5:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I would counsel thee, old man, before thy tortures begin, to taste the swine’s flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of the Jews.
4 Maccabees 7:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!
Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Baruch 4:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child,
Daniel 1:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king spoke with them; and there were not found out of them all any like Daniel, and Hananiah, and Mishael, and Azariah: and they stood before the king.
Daniel 1:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:61 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:61 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4246, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Philemon 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4246 FAQ

What does presbytes (πρεσβύτης) mean?

Presbytes (Strong's G4246) is a Greek word most simply glossed "old man". presbutes (pres-boo'-tace) n. 1. an old man [from presbus (elderly)]

How many times is presbytes (πρεσβύτης) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's G4246 across 24 books.

Where can I study presbytes (πρεσβύτης) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4246 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate presbytes (πρεσβύτης)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as aged and old. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4246 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 29 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 20 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4246, with linked reader references where each row is available.