πρεσβύτεροι.

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 πρεσβύτεροι.

   pres-BY-te-roi

   elders
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ἔρχονται πάλιν εἰς Ἰεροσόλυμα καὶ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ περιπατοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτόν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι.

   KAI ER-khon-tai PA-lin eis i-e-ro-SO-ly-ma KAI en tôi hi-e-RÔ pe-ri-pa-TOUN-tos au-TOU ER-khon-tai pros au-TON hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi

   and they come again into Jerusalem and in the temple walking of him they come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders

Exegesis

The coordinated list hoi archiereis, hoi grammateis, kai hoi presbyteroi {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, οἱ γραμματεῖς, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι | hoi archiereîs, hoi grammateîs, kaí hoi presbýteroi} identifies the Jewish authorities approaching Him. In translation, the genitive absolute becomes a temporal clause (“while He was walking”), and the verbs “came,” “came back,” and “came up to” preserve the focus on movement in the sacred setting.

Root and etymology

presbyteros🔊 πρεσβύτεροςpi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–tau–epsilon–rho–omicron–sigma

“elder, older one”

• 🔊 πρεσβυτέριονpi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–tau–epsilon–rho–iota–omicron–nucouncil of elders1 Timothy 4:14
• 🔊 πρεσβύτεροςpi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–tau–epsilon–rho–omicron–sigmaelderActs 14:23