G4245Noun66 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 15:2πρεσβυτέρων
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Mark 7:3πρεσβυτέρων
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
- Luke 7:3πρεσβυτέρους
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
- Acts 2:17πρεσβύτεροι
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- 1 Timothy 5:1Πρεσβυτέρῳ
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
- Revelation 4:4πρεσβυτέρους
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
Abbott-Smith
[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 ;]
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.