Council of elders
γερουσίαStrong’s G1087gerousia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Gerousia is the Greek word usually translated “senate”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.”
Meaning
Usually translated “senate”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- senate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
γερουσία gerousia · council of elders
γερουσία, -ας, ἡ (γέρων), [in LXX (Hex. only in OT) for זָקֵן ;] a council of elders, senate; in NT, of the Sanhedrin (Cl. Rev., i, 43f.; DB, ext., 99): Act.5:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “senate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEN'ATE, noun
[Latin senatus, from senex, old.]
- An a assembly or council of senators; a body of the principal inhabitants of the city or state,
- In the United States, senate denotes the higher branch or house of legislature.
- In a looser sense, Any legislative or deliberative boky of men; as the eloquence of the senate.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.