Hierateia ἱερατεία

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Hierateia
ἱερατεία
Transliterationhierateia
Strong's numberG2405
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosspriesthood
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent inLuke (1)

Hierateia (Greek ἱερατεία, Strong's G2405) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “priesthood”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἱερατεία (WH, -ία), -ας, ἡ
(ἱερατεύω), [in LXX for כָּהַן pi., כְּהֻנָּה (Exo.29:9, al.), exc. Hos.3:4 (אֵפוֹד)* ;]
priesthood, office of priest: Luk.1:9, Heb.7:5.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpriest's office (1), priesthood (1)
BSBpriesthood (1), priests (1)

Verses

Every verse with Hierateia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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