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Elder
Verses
200 results- Verse3 John 1:1The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
- VerseActs 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
- VersePsalms 119:100I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
- VerseActs 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
- Verse2 Kings 23:1Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
People
4 results- PersonRebekahIsaac's bride, drawn from Abraham's kindred by providence (ch. 24); mother of the twins, who receives the oracle “the elder shall serve the younger.”
- PersonEsauIsaac's elder son who despised his birthright (Heb 12:16); father of Edom, Israel's perennial neighbor and adversary.
- PersonRehoboamSolomon's son whose refusal of the elders' counsel at Shechem — answering the people with scorpions — tore ten tribes from the house of David.
- PersonDiotrephes"Who loveth to have the preeminence" — refused the elder's letter, prated with wicked words, and cast out those who would receive the brethren (3 Jn 9-10).
Places
2 results- PlaceMiletusThe port where Paul, hurrying to Jerusalem, summoned the Ephesian elders for the farewell address that is the only speech in Acts delivered to a Christian audience.
- PlaceCreteMediterranean island where Paul left Titus to set in order the things that are wanting and appoint elders in every city (Titus 1:5); its ill repute quoted from its own prophet…
Words (Strong's)
10 results- WordG4244 πρεσβυτέριον · presbytérion (Greek)the order of elders, i.e. (specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery". The Greek word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordH2205 זָקֵן · zâqên (Hebrew)old. The Hebrew word stands 178 times in the original text.
- WordH3117 יוֹם · yôwm (Hebrew)a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used…. The Hebrew word…
- WordH7227 רַב · rab (Hebrew)abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality). The Hebrew word stands 454 times in the original text.
- WordH7868 שִׂיב · sîyb (Hebrew){properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}. The Hebrew word stands 5 times in the original text.
Concepts
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3 results- StudyJacob Have I LovedThe election thread: Genesis 25:23's oracle, the twins' story enacted, Obadiah's centuries-downstream outworking, Malachi 1:2-5's retrospective, and Romans 9's use: with the comparative and…
- Study2 John: the Study GuideTruth and love braided into one thing until a household must decide whether to open its door to a teacher who denies Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh: the elder's shortest warning about the doctrine…
- Study3 John: the Study GuideThe NT's shortest book and sharpest character study: Gaius who walks in truth, Diotrephes who loves the preeminence, Demetrius well-reported of all: he that doeth good is of God.
Voices
4 results- VoiceHoratio SpaffordHoratio Spafford was a Chicago lawyer, a Presbyterian elder, and a friend of D. L. Moody. In 1871 his four-year-old son died of scarlet fever, and months later the Great…
- VoiceMacrina the YoungerMacrina was born about 327 at Caesarea in Cappadocia, the eldest of ten children in one of the most remarkable families in Christian history. Her grandmother Macrina the Elder…
- VoiceGregory of NyssaGregory was born about 335 at Caesarea in Cappadocia, into a family that produced more saints than most centuries do: his grandmother Macrina the Elder had survived persecution…
- VoiceClement of RomeAround AD 96 a letter went out from the church at Rome to the church at Corinth. The Corinthians had thrown their elders out of office over a quarrel about who should lead…
Apocrypha (study resources)
36 results- Study resource2 Esdras 7:13For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit.
- Study resourceSirach 32:3Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:5Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;
- Study resourceSirach 6:34Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.
- Study resourceSusanna 1:24With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.
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G4244πρεσβυτέριον presbytérion — the order of elders, i.e.
(specially), Israelite Sanhedrin or Christian "presbytery"H2205זָקֵן zâqên — oldH3117יוֹם yôwm — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)H7227רַב rab — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7868שִׂיב sîyb — {properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}G4245πρεσβύτερος presbýteros — older