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Strong's #4242: pesbeia (pronounced pres-bi'-ah)

from 4243; seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors):--ambassage, message.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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presbeia

1) age, dignity, right of the first born

2) the business normally intrusted to elders, spec. the office of an ambassador, an embassy

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G4243




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Luke 14:32: "yet a great way off, he sendeth ambassadors, and desireth conditions of peace."
Luke 19:14: "him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not"









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