Archiereus ἀρχιερεύς

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Archiereus
ἀρχιερεύς
Transliterationarchiereus
Strong's numberG749
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosshigh-priest
Occurrences123 in 120 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (24)

Archiereus (Greek ἀρχιερεύς, Strong's G749) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “high-priest”. It occurs 123 times in 120 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, ὁ,
[in LXX for כּ'' הָרֹאשׁ,כּ'' הַגָּדוֹל ,כּהֵן ;]
1. high-priest: Mrk.2:26 14:47, al.; of Christ: Heb.2:17 3:1, al.
2. In pl., chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:31, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297f.; MM, see word).
(AS)

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

Translated as

KJVpriests (65), priest (49), priest's (4), unto the chief priests (2), high priest (1), chief priests (1), which (1)
BSBchief priests (64), high priest (51), high priesthood (2), high priests (2), high priest's (1), chief priest (1)

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Verses

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

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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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