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Lexicon :: Strong's G1087 - gerousia

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γερουσία
Transliteration
gerousia (Key)
Pronunciation
gher-oo-see'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
27x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

γερουσία gerousía, gher-oo-see'-ah; from G1088; the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin:—senate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1087 in the following manner: senate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1087 in the following manner: senate (1x).

  1. a senate, council of elders

    1. to denote the chief council of nations or cities

    2. the Sanhedrin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γερουσία gerousía, gher-oo-see'-ah; from G1088; the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin:—senate.
STRONGS G1087:
γερουσία, -ας, ἡ, (adjective γερούσιος, belonging to old men, γέρων), a senate, council of elders; used in secular authors of the chief council of nations and cities (ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι αἱ γερουσίαι, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 16; in the O. T. of the chief council not only of the whole people of Israel, Exodus 3:16, etc.; 1 Macc. 12:6, etc.; but also of cities, Deuteronomy 19:12, etc.); of the Great Council, the Sanhedrin of the Jews: Acts 5:21, where to τὸ συνέδριον is added καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ and indeed (καί explicative) all the senate, to signify the full Sanhedrin. [Cf. Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung d. Juden in Rom in d. Kaiserzeit nach d. Inschriften dargestellt. Leips. 1879, p. 18f; Hatch, Bamp. Lects. for 1880, p. 64f.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
3:16
Deuteronomy
19:12
Acts
5:21

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Strong's Number G1087 matches the Greek γερουσία (gerousia),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice, and thou and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 - And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindreds, and slay the passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:9 - And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:1 - And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 - And speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Take one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a young calf, and a lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, spotless,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - And Moab said to the elders of Madiam, Now shall this assembly lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green herbs of the field:—and Balac son of Sepphor was king of Moab at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Madiam, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the fire, for the mountain burned with fire, that ye came to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not [fn]borne a yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall [fn]slay the heifer in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:17 - and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother [fn]has refused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 - And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - (LXX 29:9) Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
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