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Lexicon :: Strong's G4245 - presbyteros

Aa
πρεσβύτερος
Transliteration
presbyteros (Key)
Pronunciation
pres-boo'-ter-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of presbus (elderly)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:651,931

Strong’s Definitions

πρεσβύτερος presbýteros, pres-boo'-ter-os; comparative of πρέσβυς présbys (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter":—elder(-est), old.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's G4245 in the following manner: elder (64x), old man (1x), eldest (1x), elder woman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's G4245 in the following manner: elder (64x), old man (1x), eldest (1x), elder woman (1x).

  1. elder, of age,

    1. the elder of two people

    2. advanced in life, an elder, a senior

      1. forefathers

  2. a term of rank or office

    1. among the Jews

      1. members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)

      2. of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice

    2. among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably

    3. the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρεσβύτερος presbýteros, pres-boo'-ter-os; comparative of πρέσβυς présbys (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter":—elder(-est), old.
STRONGS G4245:
πρεσβύτερος, πρεσβυτέρα, πρεσβύτερον (comparitive of πρέσβυς) (from Homer down), elder; used:
1. of age;
a. where two persons are spoken of, the elder: ὁ υἱός ὁ πρεσβύτερος (Aelian v. h. 9, 42), Luke 15:25.
b. universally, advanced in life, an elder, a senior: opposed to νεανίσκοι, Acts 2:17; opposed to νεώτερος, 1 Timothy 5:1f (Genesis 18:11f; Wis. 8:10; Sir. 6:34 (33); Sir. 7:14; 2 Macc. 8:30). οἱ πρεσβύτεροι (A. V. the elders), forefathers, Hebrews 11:2; παράδοσις (which see) τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, received from the fathers, Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:3, 5.
2. a term of rank or office; as such borne by,
a. among the Jews,
α. members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from the elderly men): Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:47, 57, 59 Rec.; Matt. 27:3,12,20,41; 28:12; Mark 8:31; Mark 11:27; Mark 14:43, 53; Mark 15:1; Luke 9:22; Luke 20:1; Luke 22:52; John 8:9; Acts 4:5, 23; Acts 6:12; Acts 23:14; Acts 24:1; with the addition of τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Acts 4:8 R G; of τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Acts 25:15; of τοῦ λαοῦ, Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:3; Matthew 27:1.
β. those who in the separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice: Luke 7:3. (Cf. BB. DD., under the word.)
b. among Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches): Acts 11:30; Acts 14:23; Acts 15:2, 4, 6, 22; Acts 16:4; Acts 21:18; 1 Timothy 5:17, 19; Titus 1:5; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1; 1 Peter 5:1, 5 [T WH om.]; with τῆς ἐκκλησίας added, Acts 20:17; James 5:14. That they did not differ at all from the (ἐπίσκοποι) bishops or overseers (as is acknowledged also by Jerome on Titus 1:5 (cf. Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, pp. 98f, 229f)) is evident from the fact that the two words are used indiscriminately, Acts 20:17, 28; Titus 1:5, 7, and that the duty of presbyters is described by the terms ἐπισκοπεῖν, 1 Peter 5:1f, and ἐπισκοπή, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 44, 1 [ET]; accordingly only two ecclesiastical officers, οἱ ἐπίσκοποι and οἱ διάκονοι, are distinguished in Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1, 8. The title ἐπίσκοπος denotes the function, πρεσβύτερος the dignity; the former was borrowed from Greek institutions, the latter from the Jewish; cf. (Lightfoot, as above, pp. 95ff, 191ff); Ritschl, Die Entstehung der altkathol. Kirche, edition 2, p. 350ff; Hase, Protest. Polemik, edition 4, p. 98ff; (Hatch, Bampton Lects. for 1880, Lect. 3 and Harnack's Analecten appended to the German translation of the same (p. 229ff); also Harnack's note on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1, 3 [ET] (cf. references at 44 at the beginning), and Hatch in Dict. of Christ. Antiq., under the word. Cf. ἐπίσκοπος.).
c. the twenty-four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court, seated on thrones around the throne of God: Revelation 4:4, 10; Revelation 5:5, 6, 8, 11, 14; Revelation 7:11, 13; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 19:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
18:11
Matthew
15:2; 16:21; 21:23; 26:3; 26:47; 26:57; 26:59; 27:1; 27:3; 27:12; 27:20; 27:41; 28:12
Mark
7:3; 7:5; 8:31; 11:27; 14:43; 14:53; 15:1
Luke
7:3; 9:22; 15:25; 20:1; 22:52
John
8:9
Acts
2:17; 4:5; 4:8; 4:23; 6:12; 11:30; 14:23; 15:2; 15:4; 15:6; 15:22; 16:4; 20:17; 20:17; 20:28; 21:18; 23:14; 24:1; 25:15
1 Corinthians
1; 1:3
Philippians
1:1
1 Timothy
3:1; 3:8; 5:1; 5:17; 5:19
Titus
1:5; 1:5; 1:5; 1:7
Hebrews
11:2
James
5:14
1 Peter
5:1; 5:1; 5:5
2 John
1:1
3 John
1:1
Revelation
4:4; 4:10; 5:5; 5:6; 5:8; 5:11; 5:14; 7:11; 7:13; 11:16; 14:3; 19:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4245 matches the Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros),
which occurs 66 times in 66 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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When He entered G2064 the temple G2413 area, the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 of the people G2992 came G4334 to Him while He was teaching G1321, and said G3004, “By what G4169 authority G1849 are You doing G4160 these G3778 things G3778, and who G5101 gave G1325 You this G3778 authority G1849?”

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And while He was still G2089 speaking G2980, behold G2400, Judas G2455, one G1520 of the twelve G1427, came G2064 [fn]accompanied G3326 G846 by a large G4183 crowd G3793 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586, who came from the chief G749 priests G749 and elders G4245 of the people G2992.

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Those G3588 who had arrested G2902 Jesus G2424 led G520 Him away G520 to Caiaphas G2533, the high G749 priest G749, where G3699 the scribes G1122 and the elders G4245 were gathered G4863 together G4863.

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Now G1161 when morning G4407 came G1096, all G3956 the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 of the people G2992 conferred G4824 G2983 together G4824 against G2596 Jesus G2424 to put G2289 Him to G2289 death G2289;

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And He began G757 to teach G1321 them that the Son G5207 of Man G444 must G1163 suffer G3958 many G4183 things G4183 and be rejected G593 by the elders G4245 and the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122, and be killed G615, and after G3326 three G5140 days G2250 rise G450 from the dead.

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And they *came G2064 again G3825 to Jerusalem G2414. And as He was walking G4043 in the temple G2413 area, the chief G749 priests G749, the scribes G1122, and the elders G4245 *came G2064 to Him,

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And immediately G2117, while He was still G2089 speaking G2980, Judas G2455, one G1520 of the twelve G1427, *came G3854 up, [fn]accompanied G3326 G846 by a crowd G3793 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 who were from the chief G749 priests G749, the scribes G1122, and the elders G4245.

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They led G520 Jesus G2424 away G520 to the high G749 priest G749; and all G3956 the chief G749 priests G749, the elders G4245, and the scribes G1122 *gathered G4905 together G4905.

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Early G2117 in the morning G4404 the chief G749 priests G749 with the elders G4245, scribes G1122, and the entire G3650 [fn]Council G4892 immediately G2117 held G4160 a consultation G4824; and they bound G1210 Jesus G2424 and led G667 Him away G667, and turned G3860 Him over G3860 to Pilate G4091.

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“Now G1161 his older G4245 son G5207 was in the field G68, and when G5613 he came G2064 and approached G1448 the house G3614, he heard G191 music G4858 and dancing G5525.

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On one G1520 of the days G2250 while He was teaching G1321 the people G2992 in the temple G2413 and preaching G2097 the gospel G2097, the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 with the elders G4245 confronted G2186 Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - Now G1161 when they heard G191 this, they began leaving G1831, one G1520 by one G1520, beginning G757 with the older G4245 ones G4245, and He was left G2641 alone G3441, and the woman G1135 where she was, in the center G3319 of the courtyard.

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‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST G2078 DAYS G2250,’ God G2316 says G3004,

‘THAT I WILL POUR G1632 OUT G1632 MY SPIRIT G4151 ON ALL G3956 [fn]MANKIND G4561;

AND YOUR SONS G5207 AND YOUR DAUGHTERS G2364 WILL PROPHESY G4395,

AND YOUR YOUNG G3495 MEN G3495 WILL SEE G3708 VISIONS G3706,

AND YOUR OLD G4245 MEN G4245 WILL [fn]HAVE G1797 DREAMS G1798;

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On the next G839 day G839, their rulers G758 and elders G4245 and scribes G1122 were gathered G4863 together G4863 in Jerusalem G2419;

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When they had been released G630, they went G2064 to their own G2398 companions and reported G518 everything G3745 that the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 had said G3004 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:12 - And they stirred G4787 up G4787 the people G2992, the elders G4245, and the scribes G1122, and they came G2186 up G2186 to him and dragged G4884 him away G4884, and brought G71 him [fn]before G1519 the [fn]Council G4892.

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The apostles G652 and the elders G4245 came G4863 together G4863 to [fn]look G3708 into this G3778 [fn]matter G3056.

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Then G5119 it seemed G1380 good G1380 to the apostles G652 and the elders G4245, with the whole G3650 church G1577, to choose G1586 men G435 from among G1537 them to send G3992 to Antioch G490 with Paul G3972 and Barnabas G921: Judas G2455 who was called G2564 Barsabbas G923, and Silas G4609, leading G2233 men G435 among G1722 the brothers G80,

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“The apostles G652 and the brothers G80 who are elders G4245, to the brothers G80 and sisters in Antioch G490, Syria G4947, and Cilicia G2791 who G3588 are from the Gentiles G1484: Greetings G5463.

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From Miletus G3399 he sent G3992 word to Ephesus G2181 and called G3333 to G3333 himself G3333 the elders G4245 of the church G1577.

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Now G1161 after G3326 five G4002 days G2250 the high G749 priest G749 Ananias G367 came G2597 down G2597 with some G5100 elders G4245 and an attorney G4489 named Tertullus G5061, and they [fn]brought G1718 charges G1718 against G2596 Paul G3972 to the governor G2232.

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Do not sharply G1969 rebuke G1969 an older G4245 man G4245, but rather appeal G3870 to him as a father G3962, and to the younger G3501 men G3501 as brothers G80,

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