πρεσβῠτέριον G4244
council of elders, presbytery; the collective body of elder leaders
This term designates the council or collective body of elders in Jewish or Christian contexts. In classical Greek it referred to a council of elders with governing authority. The New Testament preserves this institutional sense, referring both to the Jewish ruling council and to the Christian assembly of elders. The cross-linguistic evidence shows consistent translation as a council or collective body, not individual elders.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes an institutional assembly of elders with authority. In Luke 22:66, it refers to the Jewish council that interrogated Jesus. Acts 22:5 mentions the high priest and 'all the council of elders' as witnesses to Paul's former persecution of Christians. First Timothy 4:14 refers to the Christian presbytery that laid hands on Timothy. The Spanish 'consejo-de-ancianos' and French 'conseil-des-anciens' emphasize the collective, institutional nature. This is not about individual old men but about an authoritative governing assembly, whether in Jewish or Christian settings. 3×
AR["الشُّيُوخِ", "المَشْيَخَةِ", "مَشْيَخَةُ"]·ben["প্রাচীনদের-সভা", "প্রাচীনবর্গ", "প্রাচীনবর্গের।"]·DE["Aeltestenrat", "πρεσβυτέριον"]·EN["council-of-elders", "eldership"]·FR["anciens", "conseil-des-anciens"]·heb["זְקֵנִים", "זִקְנֵי", "זִקְנֵי־הָעָם"]·HI["प्रअचिन-मन्दलि", "प्राचीन-सभा", "सभा"]·ID["majelis-penatua", "majelis-tua-tua", "majelis-tua;"]·IT["consiglio-degli-anziani", "presbuterion", "presbuteriou"]·jav["para-pinisepuh", "para-pinituwa.", "pinisepuh;"]·KO["장로회-의.", "장로회가"]·PT["presbitério"]·RU["пресвитерства", "совет-старейшин", "старейшинство"]·ES["consejo-de-ancianos", "presbiterio"]·SW["baraza-la-wazee", "wazee"]·TR["ihtiyarlar-meclisi", "ihtiyarların", "kurul"]·urd["بزرگ-مجلس", "بزرگوں۔", "مجلسِ-بزرگان"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πρεσβῠτέριον or πρεσβῠ-εῖον, τό, council of elders, presbytery, NT __II honour or privilege of an elder, LXX+2nd c.AD+