4245 presbuteros {pres-boo'-ter-os}   
   
presbus ("年長"之意); TDNT - 6:651,931; 形容詞   
   
AV - elder 64, old man 1, eldest 1, elder woman 1; 67   
   
1) 年長   
   1a) 兩個人比較   
   1b) 閱歷多的人,長輩,長者   
       1b1) 先祖   
2) 階級,職位的名稱   
   2a) 在猶太人中   
       2a1) 公會裡的一員 (早年都是從年長者遴選出領袖或審判官)   
       2a2) 在各城市處理公共事物與執法的人   
   2b) 基督徒當中,主掌會議(教會)的人,新約聖經裡長老,監督等名稱通用.   
   2c) 啟示錄中天庭裡的二十四名長老,坐在神的寶座四圍   



4245 presbuteros {pres-boo'-ter-os} 
 
comparative of presbus (elderly); TDNT - 6:651,931; adj 
 
AV - elder 64, old man 1, eldest 1, elder woman 1; 67 
 
1) elder, of age, 
   1a) the elder of two people 
   1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior 
       1b1) forefathers 
2) a term of rank or office 
   2a) among the Jews 
       2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in 
            early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were 
            selected from elderly men) 
       2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and 
            administered justice 
   2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies 
       (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and 
       presbyters interchangeably 
   2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court 
       seated on thrones around the throne of God