Definition

the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"

Etymology

neuter of a presumed derivative of G4245 (πρεσβύτερος);

Where the KJV renders it

• (estate of) elder(-s)
• presbytery

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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