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a body of elders Original Word: πρεσβυτέριονTransliteration: presbuterion Phonetic Spelling: (pres-boo-ter'-ee-on) Short Definition: presbytery
from presbuteros Definition a body of elders NASB Word Usage council of the elders (1), council of elders (1), presbytery (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Neuter of a presumed derivative of presbuteros; the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery" -- (estate of) elder(-s), presbytery. see GREEK presbuteros πρεσβυτέριον (presbuterion) − 2 Occurrences πρεσβυτερίου (presbuteriou) − 1 Occurrence
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