Lexical Summary
presbuterion: Council of elders, eldership
Original Word: πρεσβυτέριον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: presbuterion
Pronunciation: pres-boo-ter'-ee-on
Phonetic Spelling: (pres-boo-ter'-ee-on)
KJV: (estate of) elder(-s), presbytery
NASB: council of elders, council of the elders, presbytery
Word Origin: [neuter of a presumed derivative of G4245 (πρεσβύτερος - elders)]
1. the order of elders
2. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
presbytery, body of elders
Neuter of a presumed derivative of presbuteros; the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery" -- (estate of) elder(-s), presbytery.
see GREEK presbuteros
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 4244 presbytérion – properly, a council (group) of elders; a team of elder-overseers serving a local church who lead (feed, shepherd) the people of the Lord (cf. 1 Tim 4:14).
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 presbytery” (NASU) (4244 /presbytérion).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
presbuterosDefinitiona body of elders
NASB Translationcouncil of the elders (1), council of elders (1), presbytery (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4244: πρεσβυτέριονπρεσβυτέριον,
πρεσβυτερίου,
τό (
πρεσβύτερος, which see),
body of elders, presbytery, senate, council: of the Jewish elders (see
συνέδριον, 2),
Luke 22:66;
Acts 22:5; (cf. Daniel,
Theod. at the beginning); of the elders of any body (church) of Christians,
1 Timothy 4:14 (ecclesiastical writings (cf. references under the word
πρεσβύτερος, 2 b.)).
