πρεσβύτεροςpresbýteros

Meanings

Same root

• συμπρεσβύτεροςsympresbýteros · G4850a co-presbyter
• πρεσβυτέριονpresbytérion · G4244the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"
• πρεσβεύωpresbeúō · G4243to be a senior, i.e. (by implication) act as a representative (figuratively, preacher)
• πρεσβύτηςpresbýtēs · G4246an old man

Where it appears

Appears 65 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”
• Matthew 16:21 From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead.
• Matthew 21:23 When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
• Matthew 26:3 At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
• Matthew 26:47 And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people.
• Matthew 26:57 Then the people who had arrested Jesus led him to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of religious law and the elders had gathered.