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Notes: Though γερουσία and πρεσβυτέριον[a] refer to the same council of the Jews as the term συνέδριον[b] (11.80: συνέδριον), this does not mean that the three terms are completely identical in meaning. The focus upon maturity of age and judgment as well as presumed social standing are more significant factors in γερουσία and πρεσβυτέριον[a] than in συνέδριον[b].

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: γερουσία; -ας

Related lemmas: γηράσκω

Sense 1: Sanhedrin, high council of the Jews

Semantic entry: 11.83

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: Socio-Political

Definition: the highest council of the Jews (see also συνέδριον [source selector 000001][b] ‘Sanhedrin,’ the council of the Jews, 11.80: συνέδριον) but with the implication of the maturity and relative advanced age of those constituting the membership of such a council{N:001}

ACT 5:21: RV ACT 5:21 · LV ACT 5:21 · Read together ACT 5:21

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OET-RV ACT 5:21

21 So at dawn, having taken notice of the messenger, they went into the temple and started teaching the people there again.
¶ When the chief priest arrived with his companions, they called together the religious council and also the political council of Yisrael (Israel), then called for the missionaries to be brought in from the prison.

OET-LV ACT 5:21

21 And having _heard, they _came _in by the dawn into the temple, and they _were _teaching.
And having _arrived the chief _priest and the ones with him, they _called _together the council and all the council of _the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), and they _sent _out to the prison for _them to _be _brought.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γερουσία

Form 1

Sense 1: Sanhedrin, high council of the Jews