Strong's #4245: presbuteros (pronounced pres-boo'-ter-os)
comparative of presbus (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter":-- elder(-est), old.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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presbuteros
1) elder, of age
1a) the elder of two people
1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior
1b1) forefathers
2) a term of rank or office
2a) among the Jews
2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)
2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice
2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably
2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God
Part of Speech: adjective
Relation: comparative of presbus (elderly)
Citing in TDNT: 6:651, 931
Usage:
This word is used 69 times:
Matthew 15:2: "the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their"
Matthew 16:21: "many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes,"
Matthew 21:23: "chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him"
Matthew 26:3: "scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the"
Matthew 26:47: "the chief priests and elders of the people."
Matthew 26:57: "scribes and the elders were assembled."
Matthew 26:59: "the chief priests, and elders, and all the council,"
Matthew 27:1: "the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel"
Matthew 27:3: "to the chief priests and elders,"
Matthew 27:12: "the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing."
Matthew 27:20: "the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that"
Matthew 27:41: "the scribes and elders, said,"
Matthew 28:12: "when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave"
Mark 7:3: "the tradition of the elders."
Mark 7:5: "to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen"
Mark 8:31: "be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes,"
Mark 11:27: "scribes, and the elders,"
Mark 14:43: "scribes and the elders."
Mark 14:53: "the chief priests and the elders and the scribes."
Mark 15:1: "a consultation with the elders and scribes and the"
Luke 7:3: "he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him"
Luke 9:22: "be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes,"
Luke 15:25: "Now his elder son was in the field: and"
Luke 20:1: "came upon him with the elders,"
Luke 22:52: "of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out,"
John 8:9: "beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and"
Acts 2:17: "and your young men shall see"
Acts 2:17: "and your young men shall see"
Acts 4:5: "that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,"
Acts 4:8: "of the people, and elders of Israel,"
Acts 4:23: "the chief priests and elders had said unto them."
Acts 6:12: "people, and the elders, and the scribes, and"
Acts 11:30: "and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and"
Acts 14:23: "And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with"
Acts 15:2: "them, should go up to Jerusalem"
Acts 15:2: "them, should go up to Jerusalem"
Acts 15:4: "of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God"
Acts 15:6: "the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this"
Acts 15:22: "it the apostles and elders, with the whole church,"
Acts 15:23: "after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the"
Acts 16:4: "the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem."
Acts 20:17: "Ephesus, and called the elders of the church."
Acts 21:18: "and all the elders were present."
Acts 23:14: "to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse,"
Acts 24:1: "descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus,"
Acts 25:15: "chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring"
1 Timothy 5:1: "Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men"
1 Timothy 5:2: " The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all"
1 Timothy 5:17: "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially"
1 Timothy 5:19: "Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before"
