17 occurrences

'Elders' in the Bible

And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJudaismRulersAssembling Leaders

And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsPeople Set Free By PeopleTelling What People Saidelders

They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Verse ConceptsCollectionselders, in the churchMissionaries, Task OfPaul, Life OfVisitingelders

there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchWelcoming BelieversTelling Of GodThe Apostles In Action

And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

Verse ConceptsChurch GatheringsThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflictelders

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas -- Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren --

Verse ConceptsVisitingChoosing PeoplePeople Sending PeopleThe Apostles In Action

having written through their hand thus: 'The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who are of the nations, greeting;

Verse ConceptsBelieversGreetingsThe Apostles In Action

And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who are in Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemCommands, in NTApostles, Authority In Churchelders, in the churchBishops, QualificationsTownBishops, DutiesThe Apostles In Action

and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchGoing To ChurchThe Elderlyelders

who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersChief priestsTasteAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor the things against Paul;

Verse ConceptsAttorneyGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtFour Or Five DaysPeople Accusing People

about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPeople Accusing People

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
πρεσβυτέριον 
Presbuterion 
Usage: 3

πρεσβύτερος 
Presbuteros 
Usage: 65

μείζων 
meizon 
Usage: 19

συμπρεσβύτερος 
Sumpresbuteros 
also an elder
Usage: 1