{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4245",
  "lemma": "πρεσβύτερος",
  "transliteration": "presbýteros",
  "definition": "older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian \"presbyter\"",
  "kjv": "elder(-est), old",
  "occurrences": 267,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 15:2",
      "text": "“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 16:21",
      "text": "From that time, Yeshua began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 21:23",
      "text": "When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:3",
      "text": "Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:47",
      "text": "While he was still speaking, behold, Judah, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:57",
      "text": "Those who had taken Yeshua led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=57"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 27:1",
      "text": "Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Yeshua to put him to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 27:3",
      "text": "Then Judah, who betrayed him, when he saw that Yeshua was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 27:12",
      "text": "When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 27:20",
      "text": "Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Yeshua.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=20"
    }
  ],
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