Elders
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Elders (203 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Elders (203 Occurrences). Matthew 15:2 "Why do
your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elders.htm - 39k

Presbytery (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian
church. 2. (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers ...
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Presbyter
... But the original Greek occurs also in Luke 22:66, in the Revised Version (British
and American) translated "the assembly of the elders," in the King James ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/presbyter.htm - 14k

Elder (34 Occurrences)
... a person clothed with authority, and entitled to respect and reverence (Genesis
50:7). It also denoted a political office (Numbers 22:7). The "elders of Israel ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elder.htm - 27k

Susanna (1 Occurrence)
... in Babylon in the early years of the exile, and owned a fine park which was open
to his fellow-exiles (verses 1-4). Two of these last were elders and judges who ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/susanna.htm - 17k

Twenty-four (26 Occurrences)
... On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with
crowns of gold on their heads. (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/twenty-four.htm - 14k

Beings (42 Occurrences)
... Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four
living beings, and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb as it had been slain ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beings.htm - 18k

Creatures (83 Occurrences)
... Revelation 5:6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures,
and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/creatures.htm - 31k

Teachers (87 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/teachers.htm - 31k

Twenty (282 Occurrences)
... Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne,
and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/twenty.htm - 40k

Beasts (241 Occurrences)
... Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beasts.htm - 40k

Sanhedrim (20 Occurrences)
... This "council" is referred to simply as the "chief priests and elders of the people"
(Matthew 26:3, 47, 57, 59; 27:1, 3, 12, 20, etc.), before whom Christ was ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrim.htm - 15k

Tradition (13 Occurrences)
... It means, in Jewish theology, the oral teachings of the elders (distinguished ancestors
from Moses on) which were reverenced by the late Jews equally with the ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tradition.htm - 17k

Ancients (17 Occurrences)
... shents: This word (except in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl
of zaqen), which should always be translated "old men" or "elders." The Hebrew ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ancients.htm - 13k

Senior (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/senior.htm - 8k

Authorities (44 Occurrences)
... Numbers 11:16 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Gather to Me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people, and its ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/authorities.htm - 19k

Council (51 Occurrences)
... The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of
which we have a detailed account in Acts 15. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/council.htm - 24k

Accompanied (43 Occurrences)
... speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men
armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/accompanied.htm - 19k

Age (404 Occurrences)
... are the translation of various words, zaqen zaqan, "the chin," "the beard", perhaps
to have the chin sharp or hanging down, often translated "elders," "old man ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/age.htm - 56k

Tertullus (2 Occurrences)
... ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius, "third"):, An orator
who descended with Ananias the high priest and elders from Jerusalem to ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tertullus.htm - 9k

Repeated (16 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards
of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/repeated.htm - 11k

Eldad (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses
appointed (Numbers 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the people. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eldad.htm - 10k

Explain (30 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:21 From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must
go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders and the High Priests ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/explain.htm - 15k

Dispatched (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 6:32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting
with him. Then the king sent a man from before him ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dispatched.htm - 7k

Decided (54 Occurrences)
... and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other
brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/decided.htm - 22k

Mid'ian (47 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude lick
up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mid'ian.htm - 20k

Medad (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Love, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses
in the government of the people. He and Eldad "prophesied ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/medad.htm - 8k

Bene-ammon (44 Occurrences)
... Judges 11:5 and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel,
that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob; (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bene-ammon.htm - 20k

Balak (42 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this multitude will lick up
all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." Balak the ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/balak.htm - 20k

Barsabbas (2 Occurrences)
... They were appointed to convey the letter containing the decision of "the apostles
and the elders, with the whole church" regarding the attitude to be taken by ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/barsabbas.htm - 11k

Counselled (26 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and
thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/counselled.htm - 14k

Charges (58 Occurrences)
... Charges (58 Occurrences). Matthew 27:12 When however the High Priests and the Elders
kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply. (WEY) ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/charges.htm - 22k

Consultation (8 Occurrences)
... Matthew 28:12 So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after
consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/consultation.htm - 9k

Conferred (22 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of
the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: (See NAS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conferred.htm - 12k

Clubs (7 Occurrences)
... he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/clubs.htm - 8k

Abihu (12 Occurrences)
... with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest's office (Exodus 28:1).
With his father and elder brother he accompanied the seventy elders part of ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/abihu.htm - 12k

Staffs (47 Occurrences)
... while he was yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staffs, from the chief priests and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/staffs.htm - 19k

Staves (50 Occurrences)
... 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/staves.htm - 23k

Swords (50 Occurrences)
... he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/swords.htm - 22k

Stationed (49 Occurrences)
... Numbers 11:16 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Gather to Me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people, and its ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stationed.htm - 22k

Senate (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Acts 5:21), the "elders of Israel" who formed a
component part of the Sanhedrin. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/senate.htm - 9k

Midian (60 Occurrences)
... The friendly relations between Israel and Midian, which seem to have prevailed at
first, had been ruptured, and we find the elders of Midian acting with those ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/midian.htm - 32k

Seized (118 Occurrences)
... (WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 26:57 Now they that had seized Jesus led him away
to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/seized.htm - 34k

Throne (181 Occurrences)
... On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with
crowns of gold on their heads. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/throne.htm - 48k

Respected (28 Occurrences)
... gold. (BBE). Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is respected in the gates, when he
sits among the elders of the land. (WEB NIV). Ecclesiastes ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/respected.htm - 15k

Slain (235 Occurrences)
... Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/slain.htm - 38k

Decree (82 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV). Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them
thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/decree.htm - 34k

Chief (696 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chief.htm - 45k

Homage (51 Occurrences)
... Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the
throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/homage.htm - 21k

Barnabas (33 Occurrences)
... return from this first missionary tour, they were sent, with other representatives
of the church at Antioch, to confer with the apostles and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/barnabas.htm - 25k

Bishop (4 Occurrences)
... In apostolic times, it is quite manifest that there was no difference as to order
between bishops and elders or presbyters (Acts 20:17-28; 1 Peter 5:1, 2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bishop.htm - 40k

Succoth (18 Occurrences)
... "He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and
with them he taught the men of Succoth" (Judges 8:13-16). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/succoth.htm - 16k

Sackcloth (47 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sackcloth.htm - 23k

Assembled (186 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assembled.htm - 36k

Seemed (89 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly,
to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/seemed.htm - 32k

Sanhedrin (19 Occurrences)
... freedom to municipal communities, and Palestine was then practically under home
rule, and was governed by an aristocratic council of Elders (1 Maccabees 12:6 ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrin.htm - 27k

Bow (248 Occurrences)
... Revelation 4:10 fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting
upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bow.htm - 42k

Met (118 Occurrences)
... Matthew 28:12 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/met.htm - 37k

Suffer (195 Occurrences)
... Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/suffer.htm - 36k

Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... opportunity for casuistry, and it was the development of this in the guidance of
the Jewish religious life through the "precepts of the elders" which called ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scribes.htm - 49k

Eat (690 Occurrences)
... and children. (Root in KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT). Matthew 15:2 "Why do your
disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eat.htm - 35k

Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... At the instigation of Balak, at that time king of the Moabites, the elders of the
two nations were sent to Balaam to induce him, by means of a bribe, to ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/balaam.htm - 38k

Morning (264 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of
the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/morning.htm - 44k

Ablution
... For example, the elders of the nearest village where some murder was committed were
required, when the murderer was unknown, to wash their hands over the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ablution.htm - 18k

Assembly (371 Occurrences)
... Luke 22:66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered
together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assembly.htm - 38k

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)
... (DBY RSV NIV). Judges 11:5 And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders
of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob; (DBY RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ammonites.htm - 43k

Sits (52 Occurrences)
... Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne,
and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sits.htm - 21k

Ammon (100 Occurrences)
... Judges 11:5 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,
the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob; (WEB KJV JPS ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ammon.htm - 47k

Arrived (129 Occurrences)
... he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/arrived.htm - 33k

Kept (891 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought
false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; (See NAS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kept.htm - 33k

Tob (5 Occurrences)
... Here the elders of Gilead found him, when, reduced to dire straits by the children
of Ammon, they desired him to take command of their army (Jsg 11:5;). This ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tob.htm - 10k

Transgress (26 Occurrences)
... Transgress (26 Occurrences). Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition
of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/transgress.htm - 14k

Tokens (11 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 22:15 then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take
and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tokens.htm - 9k

Traditions (10 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash
their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders; (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/traditions.htm - 9k

Thrones (19 Occurrences)
... On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with
crowns of gold on their heads. (WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thrones.htm - 13k

Rejected (96 Occurrences)
... Mark 8:31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and
be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rejected.htm - 36k

Rewards (26 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards
of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rewards.htm - 14k

Rested (81 Occurrences)
... Acts 14:23 And in every Church, after prayer and fasting, they selected Elders by
show of hands, and commended them to the Lord on whom their faith rested. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rested.htm - 29k

Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave
you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? (See NAS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rebuild.htm - 16k

Encircled (17 Occurrences)
... Revelation 5:6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures,
and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/encircled.htm - 11k




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