ΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑ, γερουσια
GEROUSIA, gerousia
Sounds Like: geh-roo-SEE-ah
Translations: council of elders, senate, a council of elders, a senate
From the root: ΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a council of elders, often a governing body or a legislative assembly, similar to a senate. It was used to describe the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, which was the supreme council and tribunal of the Jews. It functions as a singular noun in sentences.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1087 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:77
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:186, 8:218, 8:220, 8:222, 8:324
- Book 5 — 1:15, 1:103, 2:151
- Book 7 — 12:294
- Book 12 — 3:142
- Book 13 — 5:166
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 3:18
- Leviticus — 9:3
- Numbers — 22:4, 22:7
- Deuteronomy — 5:23, 19:12, 21:2, 21:3, 21:4, 21:6, 22:16, 22:18, 25:8, 27:1, 29:10
- Judith — 4:8, 15:8
- 1 Maccabees — 12:6
- 2 Maccabees — 1:10, 11:27
From the same root
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