- Original: πρεσβεία - Transliteration: Presbeia - Phonetic: pres-bi'-ah - Definition: 1. age, dignity, right of the first born 2. the business normally intrusted to elders, spec. the office of an ambassador, an embassy - Origin: from G4243 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4243 ; seniority (eldership) that is (by implication) an embassy (concretely ambassadors): - ambassage message.