γερουσία,
-ας,
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 γερουσίαι, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 16; in the
O. T. of the chief council not only of the whole people of Israel, Exodus 3:16, etc.; 1 Macc. 12:6, etc.; but also of cities, Deuteronomy 19:12, etc.); of the Great Council, the Sanhedrin of the Jews: Acts 5:21, where to τὸ συνέδριον is added καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν 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.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Exodus
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3:16
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Deuteronomy
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19:12
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Acts
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5:21
