Strong’s G4244 · Greek
πρεσβυτέριον
presbytérion · pres-boo-ter'-ee-on
Origin neuter of a presumed derivative of πρεσβύτερος (G4245);
Meaning the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"
In the King James Version (estate of) elder(-s), presbytery.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 22:66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
- Acts 22:5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
- 1 Timothy 4:14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.