G4245 – presbuteros – πρεσβύτερος – to be elder/older
- Strong’s ID:
- G4245
- Greek Word:
- πρεσβύτερος
- Transliteration:
- presbuteros
- Pronunciation:
- pres-boo’-ter-os
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- comparative of πρεσβυς presbus (elderly)
- Usage Count:
- 67
- Search:
- Find “presbuteros” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be elder/older
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
comparative of πρεσβυς presbus (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specifically, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian “presbyter”:—elder(-est), old.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) elder, of age
1a) the elder of two people
1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior
1b1) forefathers
2) a term of rank or office
2a) among the Jews
2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)
2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice
2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably
2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.