γερουσία

gerousiacouncil of eldersHow to read Greek

greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine1 occurrence1 book1 verse

γερουσία, -ας, ἡ

(γέρων), [in LXX (Hex. only in OT) for זָקֵן ;]

a council of elders, senate; in NT, of the Sanhedrin (Cl. Rev., i, 43f.; DB, ext., 99): Acts 5:21.

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γερουσία:

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Acts 5:21γερουσίαν · assembly
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.