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In the context of the early Christian church, it may also denote a woman who holds a position of honor or influence due to her age and experience.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek and Jewish cultures, age was often associated with wisdom and respect. Elderly women, or "presbutis," were typically seen as matriarchal figures within families and communities. They played crucial roles in mentoring younger women and were often consulted for their wisdom and experience. In the early Christian church, older women were encouraged to live lives of reverence and to teach what is good, as seen in the pastoral epistles.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4247</b> <i>presbýtis</i> – properly, older woman, referring to the scriptural resposibility older women (especially over 50) have to disciple younger Christian women (used only in Tit 2:3).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>fem. of <a href="/greek/4246.htm">presbutés</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an aged woman<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>older women (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4247: πρεσβῦτις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πρεσβῦτις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πρεσβυτιδος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (feminine of <span class="greek2">πρεσβύτης</span>), <span class="accented">an aged woman</span>: <a href="/interlinear/titus/2-3.htm">Titus 2:3</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Herodian</span>, 5, 3, 6 (3 edition, Bekker).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>aged woman. <p>Feminine of <a href="/greek/4246.htm">presbutes</a>; an old woman -- aged woman. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4246.htm">presbutes</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πεπρησμένην πρεσβυτιδας πρεσβύτιδας πρήσαι πρησθήσεται presbutidas presbytidas presbýtidas<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/titus/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Titus 2:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/titus/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>πρεσβύτιδας</b> ὡσαύτως ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/titus/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Older women</span> likewise<br><a href="/kjvs/titus/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">The aged women</span> likewise,<br><a href="/interlinear/titus/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">[the] aged [women]</span> in like manner in<p><b><a href="/greek/4247.htm">Strong's Greek 4247</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4247.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/presbutidas_4247.htm">πρεσβύτιδας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4246.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4246"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4246" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4248.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4248"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4248" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>