BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G1087
gerousia — council of elders
γερουσία, -ας, ἡ (γέρων), [in LXX (Hex. only in OT) for זָקֵן ;] a council of elders, senate; in NT, of the Sanhedrin (Cl. Rev., i, 43f.; DB, ext., 99): Act.5:21.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G610
apokrima — verdict
ἀπό-κριμα, -τος, τό (ἀποκρίνω); 1. prop., a judicial sentence: 2Co.1:9, R, mg. 2. an answer (see Thayer, see word): 2Co.1:9, R, txt. (In FlJ, Ant., xiv, 10, 6, of a rescript of the Senate; in Inscr. of an official decision, Deiss., BS, 257; a reply to a deputation, MM, see word: cf. also Cremer, 3'75).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21202
sustēma — machine, apparatus
1. a whole compounded of parts, a system , (Plato Philosophus):—; a composition , (Aristotle Philosopher) 2. an organised government, constitution , (Aristotle Philosopher) 3. a body of soldiers, a corps , (Polybius Historicus) 4. of the Roman Senate, (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Acts 5:21), the “elders of Israel” who formed a component part of the Sanhedrin.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
