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 —

Do not accept an accusation against an elder (presbyterou | πρεσβυτέρου | gen sg masc), except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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.

older women (presbyteras | πρεσβυτέρας | acc pl fem comparative) as mothers, younger women as sisters with all purity.

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,

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.

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.

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.

On the following day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders (presbyteroi | πρεσβύτεροι | nom pl masc) were present.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, asking the elders (presbyterous | πρεσβυτέρους | acc pl masc) of the church to come to him.