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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Elder

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

20exact KJV occurrences 11Old Testament 9New Testament 11books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 19occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 10:21

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

3 John 1:1

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where elder appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1419
גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl · gaw-dole'

8 times translated as this KJV form525 total Strong's occurrences

a n-pr-m

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

Strong's KJV usage: aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.

Strong's first: Genesis 10:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:4

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GreekG4245
πρεσβύτερος

presbýteros · pres-boo'-ter-os

6 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences

older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"

Strong's KJV usage: :-- elder(-est), old.

Strong's first: Luke 15:25Strong's last: 3 John 1:1

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GreekG4850
συμπρεσβύτερος

sympresbýteros · soom-pres-boo'-ter-os

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a co-presbyter

Strong's KJV usage: :--presbyter, also an elder.

Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:1Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:1

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HebrewH3117
יוֹם

yôwm · yome

1 times translated as this KJV form2,209 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Strong's KJV usage: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.

Strong's first: Job 15:10Strong's last: Job 15:10

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HebrewH7227
רַב

rab · rab

1 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Strong's KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Strong's first: Genesis 25:23Strong's last: Genesis 25:23

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Luke 15:25
G4245

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

elder

EL'DER, noun A species of duck.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.