πρεσβυτέριον
presbytérion
“the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a body of old men, an assembly of elders; the Jewish Sanhedrin, Lk. 22:66; Acts 22:5; a body of elders in the Christian church, a presbytery, 1 Tim. 4:14*
Translated in KJV as
(estate of) elder(-s)presbytery
Etymology
neuter of a presumed derivative of G4245 (πρεσβύτερος);
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