What does πρεσβύτερος · λαός mean in the Bible?
πρεσβύτερος · λαός is a Greek phrase meaning "older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"".
Greek · G4245, G2992
οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ
Elder: Elder · a people (in general; thus differing from , which denotes one's own populace)
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πρεσβύτερος G4245 elder: Elder
Pronunciation presbýteros
Denotes both age-based seniority and official religious or civic leadership position, particularly in Jewish and Christian communities.
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λαός G2992 a people (in general; thus differing from , which denotes one's own populace)
Pronunciation laós
A people unified by race and language, especially Israel as God's covenant people, distinct from nations.
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What does οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ (hoi presbyteroi tou laou) mean in the Bible?
πρεσβύτερος · λαός is a Greek phrase meaning "older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4245, G2992?
G4245, G2992 is connected to 65 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
Source Gloss
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 65 Case pattern Nominative (23) Number pattern Plural (58)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 21:23 · Matt 26:3 · Matt 26:57 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:20 · Mark 11:27 · Mark 14:53 · Acts 4:23 · Acts 15:6 · Acts 21:18 · Acts 25:15 · 1 Tim 5:17 · Heb 11:2 · Rev 4:10 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 5:14 18×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 2:17 · Acts 15:23 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 2 John 1:1 · 3 John 1:1 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 15:25 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:2 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 26:47 · Matt 27:12 · Matt 27:41 · Matt 28:12 · Mark 7:3 · Mark 7:5 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 14:43 · Mark 15:1 · Luke 9:22 · Acts 15:4 · Acts 16:4 · Acts 24:1 · Rev 5:5 21×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 5:19 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 27:3 · Luke 20:1 · Acts 15:22 · Acts 23:14 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 5:1 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 5:5 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 7:3 · Luke 22:52 · Acts 4:5 · Acts 6:12 · Acts 11:30 · Acts 14:23 · Acts 15:2 · Acts 20:17 · Titus 1:5 · Jas 5:14 · 1 Pet 5:1 · Rev 4:4 12×
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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