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πρεσβεία

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Gloss: delegation

Transliteration: presbeia

Strong’s: G4242

πρεσβεία, -ας, ἡ
(πρεσβεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 * ;]
__1. age, seniority.
__2. rank, dignity.
__3. an embassy; by meton., of the am­bassadors, embassy: Luk.14:32 19:14.†
(AS)

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