The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  4245 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   πρεσβύτερος   comparative of presbus (elderly) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   presbyteros   pres-boo'-ter-os MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Adjective   6:651,931  Definition   elder, of age, the elder of two people advanced in life, an elder, a senior forefathers a term of rank or office among the Jews members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God  Translated Words   KJV (67) - elder, 64; elder woman, 1; eldest, 1; old man, 1; NAS (67) - elder, 3; elders, 57; men of old, 1; old men, 1; older, 1; older man, 1; older ones, 1; older women, 1; women, 1;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Matthew 13 Mark 7 Luke 5 John 1 Acts 18 1 Timothy 4 Titus 1 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 Peter 2 2 John 1 3 John 1 Revelation 12   Matthew 12 Mark 7 Luke 5 John 1 Acts 18 1 Timothy 4 Titus 1 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 Peter 2 2 John 1 3 John 1 Revelation 12 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next presbuterion presbutes   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Presbuteros". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4245>.