Strong's Number 4245

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
presbuteros {pres-boo'-ter-os}
Word Origin:
comparative of presbus (elderly)
TDNT:
6:651,931
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage in the KJV:
elder 64, old man 1, eldest 1, elder woman 1

Total: 67
Definition:
  1. elder, of age,
    1. the elder of two people
    2. advanced in life, an elder, a senior
      1. forefathers
  2. a term of rank or office
    1. among the Jews
      1. members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)
      2. of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice
    2. among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably
    3. the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament