Strong's Lexicon
G1087 — γερουσία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1087 |
|---|---|
| Word: | γερουσία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1088 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | gerousia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gher-ou-see'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. the eldership 2. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin |
| KJV Renderings: | senate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γερουσία, γερουσίας, ἡ (adjective γερούσιος, belonging to old men, γέρων), a senate, council of elders; used in secular authors of the chief council of nations and cities (ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι αἱ γερουσιαι, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 16; in the O. T. of the chief council not only of the whole people of Israel, Exo 3:16, etc.; 1Ma 12:6, etc.; but also of cities, Deu 19:12, etc.); of the Great Council, the Sanhedrin of the Jews: Act 5:21, where to τό συνέδριον is added καί πᾶσαν τήν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ and indeed (καί explicative) all the senate, to signify the full Sanhedrin. Cf. Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung d. Juden in Rom in d. Kaiserzeit nach d. Inschriften dargestellt. Leips. 1879, p. 18f; Hatch, Bamp. Lects. for 1880, p. 64f.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
γερουσία (senate)
Acts 5:21
- KJV: And when they heard they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught But the high priest came and they that were with him and called the council together and all the senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought
- GK: ακούσαντες δε εισήλθον υπό τον όρθρον εις το ιερόν και εδίδασκον παραγενόμενος δε ο αρχιερεύς και οι συν αυτώ συνεκάλεσαν το συνέδριον και πάσαν την γερουσίαν των υιών Ισραήλ και απέστειλαν εις το δεσμωτήριον αχθήναι αυτούς
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