Elder
πρεσβύτεροςStrong’s G4245presbuteros
Appears in 67 verses of the New Testament
In short
Presbuteros is the Greek word usually translated “elders”, “elder” and “elder ones”. It appears in 67 verses of the New Testament.
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;”
Meaning
Usually translated “elders”, “elder” and “elder ones”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- elders 58
- elder 4
- an elder 2
- elder ones 1
- ancients 1
- to elders 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 18
- Matthew 13
- Revelation 12
- Mark 7
- Luke 5
- 1 Timothy 4
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 5:2In contextThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- 1 Timothy 5:17In contextLet the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
- 1 Timothy 5:19In contextAgainst an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Titus 1:5In contextFor this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
- 2 John 1:1In contextThe elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
- 3 John 1:1In contextThe elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
All 67 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
πρεσβύτερος presbuteros · elder
πρέσβυς, -εως, ὁ poët. form of πρεσβύτης (which see), [in LXX (= πρεσβευτής, an ambassador): Num.21:20 (21), al. (מֲלְאָךְ), Isa.13:8 57:9 (צִיר), 1Ma.9:70, al. ;] an old man. Compar., πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for זָקֵן ;] 1. of age, elder: ὁ νἱὸς ὁ π., Luk.15:25; as subst., opposite to νεανίσκοι, Act.2:17; to νεώτερος, 1Ti.5:1-2; of the religious leaders of the past, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3, 5, Heb.11:2 (= οἱ πατέρες, Heb.1:1). …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “elder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EL'DER, noun
A species of duck.
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.