Strong's Number G4242

πρεσβεία

presbeia · pres-bi'-ah

Transliteration:

presbeia{pres-bi'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 4243

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors)

Usage in the KJV:

ambassage 1, message 1

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

age, dignity, right of the first born
the business normally intrusted to elders, spec. the office of an ambassador, an embassy