πρεσβύτης, πρεσβύτου, ὁ (πρέσβυς (see πρεσβεύω)), an old man, an aged man: Luk_1:18; Tit_2:2; Phm_1:9 (here many (cf. R. V. marginal reading) regard the word as a substitute for πρεσβευτής, ambassador; see Lightfoots Commentary at the passage; WH's Appendix, at the passage; and add to the examples of the interchange πρεσβευτεροις in Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus, Appendix, Inscriptions from the Great Theatre, p. 24 (col. 5, 50:72)). (Aeschyl, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, others; the Sept. for ζΘχΕο.)

πρεσβύτης presbytēs 3x an old man, aged person, Luk_1:18 ; Tit_2:2 ; Phm_1:9

πρεσβύτης , -ου , prose form of πρέσβυς , q.v. , [in LXX chiefly for H2205 , Gen_25:8 , al. ; also ( = πρεσβευτής ), 2Ch_32:31 Bl ( H3887 ), 1Ma_14:22 S, al. ( v. Thackeray, Gr. , 97);] 1. an old man: Luk_1:18 , Tit_2:2 , Phm_1:9 ( R , txt ., but v. infr .). 2. As in LXX , also = πρεσβευτής , an am\-bassador: Phm_1:9 ( R , mg ., v. Lft . and ICC , in l ).† πρεσβευτής , see πρεσβύτης .

πρεσβύτης [page 535] an old man : see P Strass I. 41 .38 (A.D. 250) ὡς πρεσβύτης καὶ πίστεως ἄξιος εἰπὲ ἃ οἶδας ἐν τῷ πρά [γματ ]̣ι , 40 πρεσβύτης ἄνθρωπός εἰμι , οὐκ ἐνιαυτὸς [δι ]αγέγονεν οὐδὲ δύο οὐδὲ τρ̣ῖς , P Flor I. 50 .62 (A.D. 268) Βίκτορα πρεσβύτην ὡς (ἒτων ) ξ̄η̄ , and so .95 . In BGU IV. 1024 viii. 12 (end of vi/A.D.) the word is used of an old woman Θεοδώρα δὲ αὐτῆς πενίχρα καὶ πρεσβύτης ἡ μήτηρ τῆς ἀπ [ελ ]θούσης . Πρεσβύτης = senex is written quater in the LXX for πρεσβευτής = legatus (see Thackeray Gr . i. p. 97), and a like confusion may have arisen in Phm_1:9 , where Lightfoot, in accordance with the interchange of ευ and υ in the common dialect of the time, reads πρεσβύτης with the MSS., but renders ambassador. It may be noted, however, that in P Oxy VI. 933 .31 (late ii/A.D.) a letter addressed πρεσβευτῇ , the editors remark that an error for πρεσβύτῃ is unlikely : cf. Moulton Gr. i. p. 86 f. and see s.v. πρεσβεύω . On the use of πρεσβευταί for πρέσβεις in the inscrr. see Nachmanson p. 121, and Lafoscade de Epistulis p. 90.

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)