Gloss
older; ancestral; (n.) in the Gospels and Acts, elder
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον
Greek transliteration
presbyteros
Simplified transliteration
presbyteros
Numbers
Strong's number
4245
GK Number
4565
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
66
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πρεσβύτερος
| Acts 2:17 | ‘And it will be in the last days,’ declares God, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc comparative) men will dream dreams. |
| Acts 4:5 | On the next day their rulers and elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| Acts 4:8 | Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | voc pl masc), |
| Acts 4:23 | After they were released, they went to their friends and reported all that the chief priests and the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) had said to them. |
| Acts 6:12 | And they incited the people and the elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) and the scribes, and they suddenly moved in and seized him and brought him before the council, |
| Acts 11:30 | and they did so, sending it to the elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. |
| Acts 14:23 | And when they had appointed elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) for them in every church, praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| Acts 15:2 | And when Paul and Barnabas had no small argument and debate with them, the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others among them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) regarding this issue. |
| Acts 15:4 | And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders (presbyterōn | πρεσβυτέρων | gen pl masc), and they reported all that God had done with them. |
| Acts 15:6 | The apostles and the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) were gathered to see about this matter. |
| Acts 15:22 | Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders (presbyterois | πρεσβυτέροις | dat pl masc), together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers — |
| Acts 15:23 | writing by their hand, “From the apostles and elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc), your brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, Greetings! |
| Acts 16:4 | As they went through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders (presbyterōn | πρεσβυτέρων | gen pl masc) who were in Jerusalem. |
| Acts 20:17 | From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, asking the elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) of the church to come to him. |
| Acts 21:18 | On the following day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) were present. |
| Acts 23:14 | These went to the chief priests and elders (presbyterois | πρεσβυτέροις | dat pl masc) and said, “We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul. |
| Acts 24:1 | And after five days the high priest Ananias went down with some elders (presbyterōn | πρεσβυτέρων | gen pl masc) and a prosecuting attorney, one Tertullus; and they laid before the governor their case against Paul. |
| Acts 25:15 | When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a guilty verdict against him. |
| 1 Timothy 5:1 | Do not rebuke but encourage an older (presbyterō | πρεσβυτέρῳ | dat sg masc comparative) man (presbyterō | πρεσβυτέρῳ | dat sg masc comparative) as a father, younger men as brothers, |
| 1 Timothy 5:2 | older women (presbyteras | πρεσβυτέρας | acc pl fem comparative) as mothers, younger women as sisters with all purity. |
| 1 Timothy 5:17 | Let the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) who have been serving well be considered worthy of double honor, namely, those who are laboring hard at preaching and teaching. |
| 1 Timothy 5:19 | Do not accept an accusation against an elder (presbyterou | πρεσβυτέρου | gen sg masc), except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. |
| Titus 1:5 | For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you might put right the remaining things and appoint elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) in every town, as I directed you — |
| Hebrews 11:2 | For by it the men (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) of (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) the (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) past (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) were approved by God. |
| James 5:14 | Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) of the church and have them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; |
