πρέσβυς, -εως, ὁ poët. form of πρεσβύτης (which see), [in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador): Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ), Isa.13:8 57:9 (צִיר), 1Ma.9:70, al. ;] an old man. Compar., πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן ;] 1. of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π., Luk.15:25; as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι, Act.2:17; to νεώτερος, 1Ti.5:1-2; of the religious leaders of the past, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3, 5, Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες, Heb.1:1). 2. Of dignity, rank or office (as found in π. and Inscr. of civil and religious offices, including priesthood, in Asia Minor and in Egypt; see Deiss., BS, 154 ff., 233 If.; LAE, 373); (a) among Jews: Mat.16:21 26:47, 57 27:3, 12 27:20, 41 28:12, Mrk.8:31 11:27 14:43, 53 15:1, Luk.7:3 9:22 20:1 22:52, Jhn.8:9, Act.4:5, 8 4:23 6:12 23:14 24:1; τ. Ἰουνδαίων, Act.25:15; τ. λαοῦ, Mat.21:23 26:3 27:1; (b) among Christians: Act.11:30 14:23 15:2, 4 15:6, 22-23 16:4 21:18, 1Ti.5:17 5:19, Tit.1:5, II Jn 1, 3Jn.1, 1Pe.5:1 5:5; τ. ἐκκλησίας, Act.20:17, Jas.5:14; (with) in the visions of the Apocalypse: Rev.4:4, 10 5:5-6, 8 5:11, 14 7:11, 13 11:16 14:3 19:4. (On the NT use of this word and its relation to ἐπίσκοπος (which see), cf. Lft., Phi., 93 ff., 189 ff.; CGT, Past. Epp., lvi ff.) † (AS)
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presbuteros · elder: Elder · Greek
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Matthew 15:2 · πρεσβυτέρων;‘Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.’Matthew 16:21 · πρεσβυτέρωνFrom that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.Matthew 21:23 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, ‘By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?’Matthew 26:3 · πρεσβύτεροιThen were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;Matthew 26:47 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.Matthew 26:57 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd those laying hold on Jesus led him away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together,Matthew 27:1 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;Matthew 27:3 · πρεσβυτέροιςThen Judas—he who delivered him up—having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,Matthew 27:12 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,Matthew 27:20 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;Matthew 27:41 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,Matthew 28:12 · πρεσβυτέρωνand having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers,Mark 7:3 · πρεσβυτέρων·for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,Mark 7:5 · πρεσβυτέρων,Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, ‘Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?’Mark 8:31 · πρεσβυτέρωνand began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;Mark 11:27 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,Mark 14:43 · πρεσβυτέρων.And immediately—while he is yet speaking—cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;Mark 14:53 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;Mark 15:1 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered him to Pilate;Luke 7:3 · πρεσβυτέρουςand having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.Luke 9:22 · πρεσβυτέρωνsaying—‘It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.’Luke 15:25 · πρεσβύτερος‘And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,Luke 20:1 · πρεσβυτέροιςAnd it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him,Luke 22:52 · πρεσβυτέρους·And Jesus said to those having come upon him—chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders—‘As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?Acts 2:17 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;Acts 4:5 · πρεσβυτέρουςAnd it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,Acts 4:8 · πρεσβύτεροιThen Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: ‘Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,Acts 4:23 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,Acts 6:12 · πρεσβυτέρουςThey did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;Acts 11:30 · πρεσβυτέρουςwhich also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.Acts 14:23 · πρεσβυτέρους,and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.Acts 15:2 · πρεσβυτέρουςthere having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,Acts 15:4 · πρεσβυτέρων,And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;Acts 15:6 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,Acts 15:22 · πρεσβυτέροιςThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren—Acts 15:23 · πρεσβύτεροιhaving written through their hand thus: ‘The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who are of the nations, greeting;Acts 16:4 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who are in Jerusalem,Acts 20:17 · πρεσβυτέρουςAnd from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,Acts 21:18 · πρεσβύτεροι.and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,Acts 23:14 · πρεσβυτέροιςwho having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, ‘With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves—to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;Acts 24:1 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator—Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor the things against Paul;Acts 25:15 · πρεσβύτεροιabout whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,1 Timothy 5:1 · ΠρεσβυτέρῳAn aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;1 Timothy 5:2 · πρεσβυτέραςaged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters—in all purity;1 Timothy 5:17 · πρεσβύτεροιThe well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,1 Timothy 5:19 · πρεσβυτέρουAgainst an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.Titus 1:5 · πρεσβυτέρουςFor this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;Hebrews 11:2 · πρεσβύτεροι.¶for in this were the elders testified of;James 5:14 · πρεσβυτέρουςis any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,1 Peter 5:1 · ΠρεσβυτέρουςElders who are among you, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,1 Peter 5:5 · πρεσβυτέροις,In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;2 John 1:1 · πρεσβύτεροςThe Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,3 John 1:1 · πρεσβύτεροςThe Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!Revelation 4:4 · πρεσβυτέρουςAnd around the throne are thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;Revelation 4:10 · πρεσβύτεροιfall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,Revelation 5:5 · πρεσβυτέρωνand one of the elders saith to me, ‘Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;Revelation 5:6 · πρεσβυτέρωνand I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,Revelation 5:8 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints,Revelation 5:11 · πρεσβυτέρων.And I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders—and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands—Revelation 5:14 · πρεσβύτεροιand the four living creatures said, ‘Amen!’ and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.Revelation 7:11 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,Revelation 7:13 · πρεσβυτέρωνAnd answer did one of the elders, saying to me, ‘These, who have been arrayed with the white robes—who are they, and whence came they?’Revelation 11:16 · πρεσβύτεροιand the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,Revelation 14:3 · πρεσβυτέρων,and they sing, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the hundred forty-four thousands, who have been bought from the earth;Revelation 19:4 · πρεσβύτεροιAnd fall down did the elders—the twenty and four—and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, ‘Amen, Alleluia.’