- In the Septuagint, the word for Old
Testament elders is πρεσβύτερος (
presbuteros), as used in the New
Testament for both
Christian and
Jewish leaders...
- clergy, and was
therefore formerly called the "presbytery", from Gr****
presbuteros, "elder", [citation needed] or in
older and
Catholic usage "priest"....
- Francisco, California:
Ignatius Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0898708639. "
presbuteros".
Bible Hub.
Retrieved 21
February 2016. Acts 11:30
Titus 1:5–7 1 Peter...
-
Adventist understanding of the
doctrine of the church: "The "elders" (Gr****,
presbuteros) or "bishops" (episkopos) were the most
important officers of the church...
- suppression,
suppressor presby- old Gr**** πρέσβυς (présbus), πρεσβύτερος (
presbúteros), (presbutérion) archpresbyter, presbyter, Presbyterianism, presbyterium...
- antiquity. The
Latin presbyter ultimately represents Gr**** πρεσβύτερος
presbúteros, the
regular Latin word for "priest"
being sacerdos,
corresponding to...
- baptism. The word
either derives ultimately from the Gr**** πρεσβύτερος/
presbuteros meaning "elder" or the
Latin praepositus meaning "superintendent." The...
- also in
English and
Portuguese (Brazil).
Elders (in Gr****, πρεσβυτερος [
presbuteros]; see Presbyter) in
Christianity are
involved in the
collective leadership...
- (presbuterion), 'council of elders, presbytery', from Gr**** πρεσβύτερος (
presbuteros), the
comparative form of πρέσβυς (presbus), 'elder'. The presbyterate...
- suppression,
suppressor presby- old Gr**** πρέσβυς (présbus), πρεσβύτερος (
presbúteros), (presbutérion) archpresbyter, presbyter, Presbyterianism, presbyterium...
