Strong's Greek · G1087
G1087 gerousía
γερουσία
gher-oo-see'-ah
council of elders
Looking for Hebrew H1087 bâleh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1087. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
gerousía appears once in Scripture, in Acts 5:21. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin
In the King James Version
senate
Derivation
from G1088 (γέρων);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
