# G4245 πρεσβύτερος

πρεσβύτερος (presbýteros), Strong’s G4245: older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter" KJV: elder(-est)…

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*presbýteros* — older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"

KJV: elder(-est), old

Occurs 267 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 15:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=2) — “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
- [Matthew 16:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=21) — From that time, Yeshua began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders…
- [Matthew 21:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=23) — When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and…
- [Matthew 26:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=3) — Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high…
- [Matthew 26:47](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=47) — While he was still speaking, behold, Judah, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and…
- [Matthew 26:57](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=57) — Those who had taken Yeshua led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered…
- [Matthew 27:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=1) — Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Yeshua to put him to…
- [Matthew 27:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=3) — Then Judah, who betrayed him, when he saw that Yeshua was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces…
- [Matthew 27:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=12) — When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- [Matthew 27:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=20) — Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Yeshua.