{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1087",
  "lemma": "γερουσία",
  "transliteration": "gerousía",
  "definition": "the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin",
  "kjv": "senate",
  "occurrences": 35,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G1088",
      "lemma": "γέρων",
      "transliteration": "gérōn",
      "meaning": "aged",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G1088"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judith 4:8",
      "text": "And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, as did the senate of all the people of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/4?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 11:14",
      "text": "They have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done this thing, to bring them permission…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/11?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 15:8",
      "text": "Joakim the high priest, and the elders of the children of Israel who lived in Jerusalem, came to see the good things…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/15?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Maccabees 12:6",
      "text": "“Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/12?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 1:10",
      "text": "The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/1?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 4:44",
      "text": "When the king had come to Tyre, the three men who were sent by the senate pleaded the cause before him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=44"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 11:27",
      "text": "And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "3 Maccabees 1:8",
      "text": "The Jews sent some of their council and of their elders to him. The greetings, welcoming gifts, and congratulations of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/1?v=8"
    }
  ],
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