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Dictionary of Biblical Words
:
This
word is
used
in four principal ways; (1)
The
Jewish
elders
spoken of throughout
the Gospels
; (2)
Christian
elders or bishops (overseers) see {vi 29898-29900}Titus 1:5-7; (3) Those advanced in years 1 Peter 5:5., and (4) the twenty-four enthroned elders of
the Revelation
, typifying doubtless heavenly saints in their character of the royal
priesthood
of twenty-four
courses
(see {vi 111017-111048}1 Chron. 24-25.)
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Used in
scripture
for any one that had the oversight or leadership of others ({vi 1154-1155}Gen. 39:4-5, and more). In the AV. it is once the
translation
of
έπίσκοπος
, (Acts 20:28), which is elsewhere translated
BISHOP
.