πρεσβύτερος G4245

Home gloss: elder
Instead of (KJV / RSV): old / old / old
Note: The comparative of πρέσβυς "old man," as an adjective (Luke 15:25, "his elder son") and a noun, the elders (Matt 16:21; Acts 14:23; 1 Tim 5:17). Of age at 18:11–12
Rulings: 2

Occurrences (13)

18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were elder, having gone forward in days; now the womanly things had failed to come to be for Sarah.
18:12 Now Sarah laughed in herself, saying, "Not yet, on the one hand, has it come to be for me until now; but my lord is elder."

19:4 And the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, from young man to elder, the people one and all, together.
19:31 Now the elder said to the younger, "Our father is elder, and there is no one on the land who will enter in to us as is fitting for all the land.
19:31 Now the elder said to the younger, "Our father is elder, and there is no one on the land who will enter in to us as is fitting for all the land.
19:33 Now they gave their father wine to drink in this night, and the elder, having entered, fell asleep with her father that night; and he did not know in her falling asleep and rising.
19:34 Now it came to be on the morrow, and the elder said to the younger, "Look, I fell asleep yesterday with our father. Let us give him wine to drink this night too, and, having entered, fall asleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father."
19:37 And the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab, saying, "From my father." He is the father of the Moabites until the day of today.

24:1 And Abraham was elder, having gone forward in days; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
24:2 And Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, the ruler of all that was his, "Set your hand under my thigh,

27:1 Now it came to be, after Isaac had grown old, and his eyes were dulled from seeing, and he called Esau his son, the elder, and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am."
27:15 And Rebekah, having taken the robe of Esau her son, the elder, the beautiful one, which was with her in the house, clothed Jacob her son, the younger;
27:42 Now the words of Esau her son, the elder, were reported to Rebekah; and, having dispatched, she called Jacob her son, the younger, and said to him, "Look, Esau your brother is threatening you, to kill you.