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πρεσβυτέριον

presbytérion · G4244 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Sanhedrin, high council of the Jews

    The highest council of the Jews (see also συνέδριον (synédrion, G4892), sense 2 ‘Sanhedrin,’ the council of the Jews) but with the implication of the maturity and relative advanced age of those constituting the membership of such a council

    Examples

    Luke 22:66 When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying,

    Acts 22:5 as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

  2. group of elders, elders

    A council of elders, with emphasis upon maturity of judgment more than mere age

    Examples

    1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

How it’s used In 3 roles

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the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
γερουσία gerousía · G1087 · high council of the Jews
πρεσβυτέριον and γερουσία both denote the council of elders — specifically, the Jewish Sanhedrin — and are functionally interchangeable in referring to that body. πρεσβυτέριον additionally came to denote the council of elders within the early Christian community, an extension γερουσία does not share.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Sanhedrin, high council of the Jews11.83
The noun names the Jewish ruling council of elders. Luke's account of Jesus's trial uses this term: “When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying,” (Luke 22:66).
Group of elders, elders11.84
The same noun, in a Christian context, names the body of elders within a congregation. Paul's instruction to Timothy uses this term: “Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders” (1 Timothy 4:14).
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πρεσβύτερος presbýteros · G4245 · older, of ancient times · 66×πρεσβυτέριονpresbytérion · G4244πρεσβύτης presbýtēs · G4246 · old man · 3×πρεσβεία presbeía · G4242 · representative, ambassador · 2×πρεσβεύω presbeúō · G4243 · to be a representative of, to be an ambassador of · 2×πρεσβῦτις presbŷtis · G4247 · old woman · 1×συμπρεσβύτερος sympresbýteros · G4850 · fellow elder · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πρεσβυτερίου, τό (πρεσβύτερος, which see), body of elders, presbytery, senate, council:…
πρεσβυτερίου, τό (πρεσβύτερος, which see), body of elders, presbytery, senate, council: of the Jewish elders (see συνέδριον, 2), Lk 22:66; Acts 22:5; (cf. Daniel, Theod. at the beginning); of the elders of any body (church) of Christians, 1 Tim 4:14 (ecclesiastical writings (cf. references under the word πρεσβύτερος, 2 b.)).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Socio-Political3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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