# G1087 γερουσία

γερουσία (gerousía), Strong’s G1087: the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin KJV: senate. Occurs 35 times.

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*gerousía* — the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin

KJV: senate

Derived from [γέρων gérōn](https://besorah.bible/word/G1088) (aged)

Occurs 35 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Judith 4:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/4?v=8) — And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, as did the senate of all the people of…
- [Judith 11:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/11?v=14) — They have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done this thing, to bring them permission…
- [Judith 15:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/15?v=8) — Joakim the high priest, and the elders of the children of Israel who lived in Jerusalem, came to see the good things…
- [1 Maccabees 12:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/12?v=6) — “Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to…
- [2 Maccabees 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/1?v=10) — The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher…
- [2 Maccabees 4:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=44) — When the king had come to Tyre, the three men who were sent by the senate pleaded the cause before him.
- [2 Maccabees 11:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=27) — And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews…
- [3 Maccabees 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/1?v=8) — The Jews sent some of their council and of their elders to him. The greetings, welcoming gifts, and congratulations of…