Editing Presbyter (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''presbyter'' [[etymology|etymologically]] derives from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''πρεσβύτερος'' (''presbyteros''), the comparative form of ''πρέσβυς'' (''presbys''), "old man".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2386306|title=Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, πρέσβυ^ς|work=tufts.edu|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> However, while the English word priest has presbyter as the etymological origin,<ref>''Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language'', College Edition, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland Ohio, s.v. "priest"</ref> the distinctive Greek word (Greek ἱερεύς ''hiereus'') for "priest" is never used for presbyteros/episkopos in the New Testament, except as being part of the general [[priesthood of all believers]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buchanan|first1=Colin|title=Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism|date=Oct 22, 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1442250154|page=483|edition=Second}}</ref> with the first Christians making a distinction between pagan and [[kohen|Jewish priests]] and New Testament presbyters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Knox |first1=Ronald A. |title=The hidden stream |date=2003 |publisher=Ignatius Press |isbn=978-0898708639 |location=San Francisco, California |pages=181 |language=en-us}}</ref>