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In the New Testament, it is used to describe the assembly of elders in the Jewish Sanhedrin or the leadership body within the early Christian church. The word emphasizes the role of elders as leaders and decision-makers within the community.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In Jewish tradition, the Sanhedrin was the supreme council and tribunal during the time of Jesus and the early church, composed of elders, scribes, and priests. The concept of eldership was also significant in early Christianity, where elders were appointed to oversee and shepherd the local congregations. This structure was rooted in Jewish customs and adapted to the needs of the growing Christian communities.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 4244</b> <i>presbytérion</i> – properly, a council (group) of elders; a <i>team of elder-overseers</i> serving a local church who lead (feed, shepherd) the people of the Lord (cf. 1 Tim 4:14).</p><p class="discovery">1 Tim 4:14: “Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the <i>presbytery</i>” (<i>NASU</i>) (<a href="/greek/4244.htm">4244</a> <i>/presbytérion</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4245.htm">presbuteros</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a body of elders<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>council of the elders (1), council of elders (1), presbytery (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4244: πρεσβυτέριον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πρεσβυτέριον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πρεσβυτερίου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">πρεσβύτερος</span>, which see), <span class="accented">body of elders, presbytery, senate, council</span>: of the Jewish elders (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">συνέδριον</span></span>, 2), <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-66.htm">Luke 22:66</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-5.htm">Acts 22:5</a>; (cf. Daniel, <span class="manuref">Theod.</span> at the beginning); of the elders of any body (church) of Christians, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/4-14.htm">1 Timothy 4:14</a> (ecclesiastical writings (cf. references under the word <span class="greek2">πρεσβύτερος</span>, 2 b.)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>presbytery, body of elders<p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of <a href="/greek/4245.htm">presbuteros</a>; the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery" -- (estate of) elder(-s), presbytery. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4245.htm">presbuteros</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πρεσβείς πρέσβεις πρέσβυς πρεσβυτεριον πρεσβυτέριον πρεσβυτεριου πρεσβυτερίου presbuterion presbuteriou presbyterion presbytérion presbyteriou presbyteríou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/22-66.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 22:66</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συνήχθη τὸ <b>πρεσβυτέριον</b> τοῦ λαοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it was day, <span class="itali">the Council of elders</span> of the people<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> day, <span class="itali">the elders</span> of the people<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22-66.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> were gathered together the <span class="itali">elderhood</span> of the people<p><b><a href="/text/acts/22-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 22:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πᾶν τὸ <b>πρεσβυτέριον</b> παρ' ὧν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and all <span class="itali">the Council of the elders</span> can testify.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">the estate of the elders:</span> from<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the <span class="itali">elderhood</span> from whom<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 4:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular">N-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χειρῶν τοῦ <b>πρεσβυτερίου</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on of hands <span class="itali">by the presbytery.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the hands <span class="itali">of the presbytery.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hands of the <span class="itali">elderhood</span><p><b><a href="/greek/4244.htm">Strong's Greek 4244</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4244.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/presbuterion_4244.htm">πρεσβυτέριον — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/presbuteriou_4244.htm">πρεσβυτερίου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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