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Lexicon :: Strong's G4245 - presbyteros

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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 151 times in 144 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 18:11–Jdg 11:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, [fn]The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and do thou go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - And the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - And Abraam was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraam in all things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I am here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he asked them, How are ye? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom ye spoke, well? Does he yet live?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharao went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and thou shalt go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - And to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:30 - And Aaron and all the elders of Israel saw Moses, and the appearance of the skin of his face was made glorious, and they feared to approach him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set them round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:25 - And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiron, and all the elders of Israel went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of old, consider the years [fn]for past ages: ask thy father, and he shall relate to thee, thine elders, and they shall tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and [fn]numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - (LXX 9:2d) And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gæbal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and ye shall say to them, We are thy servants, and now make a covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - And Joshua was old and very advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, Thou art advanced in [fn]years, and there is much land left to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in [fn]years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - (LXX 24:29) And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that [fn]lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the great work of the Lord, what things he had wrought in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did ye not hate me, and cast me out of my father's house, and banish me from you? and wherefore are ye come to me now when ye want me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, [fn]that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.

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