Strongs Number: G4242
- Greek Word
- πρεσβεία
- Transliteration
- presbeia
- Phonetic
- pres-bi'-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
seniority (eldership) that is (by implication) an embassy (concretely ambassadors)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. age, dignity, right of the first born
2. the business normally intrusted to elders, spec. the office of an ambassador, an embassy
- Origin
- From G4243
- Bible Usage
- ambassage message.