Lexicon gerousia: Council of Elders, Senate Original Word: γερουσία Strong's Exhaustive Concordance council of elders, SanhedrinFrom geron; the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin -- senate. see GREEK geron NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom gerón Definition a council of elders NASB Translation Senate (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1087: γερουσίαγερουσία, γερουσίας, ἡ (adjective γερούσιος, belonging to old men, γέρων), a senate, council of elders; used in secular authors of the chief council of nations and cities (ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι αἱ γερουσιαι, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 16; in the O. T. of the chief council not only of the whole people of Israel, Exodus 3:16, etc.; 1 Macc. 12:6, etc.; but also of cities, Deuteronomy 19:12, etc.); of the Great Council, the Sanhedrin of the Jews: Acts 5:21, where to τό συνέδριον is added καί πᾶσαν τήν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ and indeed (καί explicative) all the senate, to signify the full Sanhedrin. Cf. Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung d. Juden in Rom in d. Kaiserzeit nach d. Inschriften dargestellt. Leips. 1879, p. 18f; Hatch, Bamp. Lects. for 1880, p. 64f.) Forms and Transliterations γερουσία γερουσιαν γερουσίαν γερουσίας gerousian gerousíanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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