Strong’s G4242 · Greek
πρεσβεία
presbeía · pres-bi'-ah
Origin from πρεσβεύω (G4243);
Meaning seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors)
In the King James Version ambassage, message.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.