γερουσία gerousía

Meaning

the eldership, i.e. (collectively) the Jewish Sanhedrin

In the King James Version: senate

Derivation: from G1088 (γέρων);

Where it is used

• Acts 5:21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.