- γερουσία
- a Council of Elders, Senate
- γερουσία
- body of elders
- the assembly or body of elders.
- γερουσία
- council of elders
- G:N-F
- 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): Act.5:21.†
(AS)
1) a senate, council of elders
1a) to denote the chief council of nations or cities
1b) the Sanhedrin
1a) to denote the chief council of nations or cities
1b) the Sanhedrin
γερουσία
gerousia
gher-oo-see'-ah
From G1088; the eldership, that is, (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrim
KJV Usage: senate.