γερουσί-α, ἡ,

I

1. Council of Elders, senate, E. Rh. 401: esp. at Sparta, D. 20.107, Arist. Pol. 1270b24, IG 5(2).345.10 (Orchom. Arc., ii/i B. C.); cf. γερωΐα and γεροντία; also of the Carthaginian Senate, Arist. Pol. 1272b37; and the Roman, Plu. 2.789e, Jul. Or. 2.97b; of the Jewish Sanhedrin, Act 5:21, cf. LXX Exo 3:16.

2. sacred college, ἱερὰ γ. IG 3.702 (Eleusis), cf. 7.2808 (Hyettus, iii B. C.), etc.

II = πρεσβεία, E. Rh. 936.

γερουσία gerousia 1x

    a senate, assembly of elders; the elders of Israel collectively, Act 5:21

G1087 — γερουσία

γερουσίας, ἡ (adjective γερούσιος, belonging to old men, γέρων), a senate, council of elders; used in secular authors of the chief council of nations and cities (ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι αἱ γερουσιαι, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 16; in the O. T. of the chief council not only of the whole people of Israel, Exo 3:16, etc.; 1 Macc. 12:6, etc.; but also of cities, Deu 19:12, etc.); of the Great Council, the Sanhedrin of the Jews: Act 5:21, where to τό συνέδριον is added καί πᾶσαν τήν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ and indeed (καί explicative) all the senate, to signify the full Sanhedrin. Cf. Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung d. Juden in Rom in d. Kaiserzeit nach d. Inschriften dargestellt. Leips. 1879, p. 18f; Hatch, Bamp. Lects. for 1880, p. 64f.)

γερουσία , - ας , ἡ

( < γέρων ),

[in LXX (Hex. only in OT) for H2205;]

a council of elders, senate; in NT, of the Sanhedrin (Cl. Rev. i, 43 f .; DB, ext., 99): Act 5:21. †

詞類次數：名詞（1）

原文字根：元老 相當於：H2205（זָקֵן‎）

字義溯源：長老，長老會議，元老院；源自（G1088（γέρων）*=年老的）。這字原指猶太人的參議會，後來就指長老會議，如（徒5:21）所記的

出現次數：總共（1）；徒（1）

譯字彙編：

1）長老（1）徒5:21