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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 - Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men - both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom - surrounded the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - Later the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came and had sexual relations with her father. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - So in the morning the older daughter said to the younger, "Since I had sexual relations with my father last night, let's make him drunk again tonight. Then you go and have sexual relations with him so we can preserve our family line through our father."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him, "Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - "It is not our custom here," Laban replied, "to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, "Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - We said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh's officials went with him - the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our sheep and our cattle we will go, because we are to hold a pilgrim feast for the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moses, "Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - But to Moses the LORD said, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - He told the elders, "Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:30 - When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - the elders of the congregation must lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and someone must slaughter the bull before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - The LORD said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:25 - Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the LORD's covenant, and to all Israel's elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, 'Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, "We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us."'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - When Joshua was very old, the LORD told him, "You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel's elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the LORD had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth's officials and city leaders - seventy-seven men in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead."

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