-
derives from the Gr****
presbyteros,
which means elder or senior,
although many in
Christian antiquity understood presbyteros to
refer to the
bishop functioning...
-
Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn; Koinē Gr****: Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Gamaliēl ho
Presbýteros), or
Rabban Gamaliel I, was a
leading authority in the
Sanhedrin in the...
- from
bishop and
synonymous with priest. Its
literal meaning in Gr**** (
presbyteros) is "elder".
Through the
sacrament of holy orders, an
ordination to priesthood...
-
Church in Rome.
Sources suggest that at first, the
terms episcopos and
presbyteros were used interchangeably, with the
consensus among scholars being that...
- Gr**** agape,
using the
neologism senior instead of
priest for the Gr****
presbyteros (Tyndale
changed this to elder), and the
Latinate congregation instead...
- Gr****s, he was
known as
Cyrus the
Elder (Κῦρος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Kŷros ho
Presbýteros).
Cyrus was
particularly renowned among contemporary scholars because...
- and
presbyter both derive, via Latin, from the Gr**** word πρεσβύτερος,
presbýteros,
meaning "elder" or "senior", and not
originally referring to priesthood...
-
English words "priest" or "presbyter" are
derived etymologically from
presbyteros. The New
Testament meaning is
taken by some
scholars as the
Latin word...
- of
honor that is used to
refer to a priest's wife. It is
derived from
presbyteros—the Gr**** word for
priest (literally, "elder").
Although 'Presbyteress'...
-
Loyola Although the
English word "priest" is
derived from "πρεσβύτερος
presbyteros" (literally
meaning "old man" or "elder"),
there is no
clear evidence...
