Lexicon hierateia: priesthood Original Word: ἱερατεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierateia Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-i'-ah) Short Definition: the duty of a priest Definition: the duty (office) of a priest, priesthood. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hierateuóDefinitionpriesthood NASB Translationpriest's office (1), priestly office (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2405: ἱερατείαἱερατεία ( WH ἱερατια; cf. Iota), ἱερατείας, ἡ ( ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Luke 1:9; Hebrews 7:5. (the Sept. for כְּהֻנָּה; Aristotle, pol. 7, 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Boeckh, Inscriptions ii., pp. 127, 23; 363, 27.)
Strong's office of the priesthood, priest's office. From hierateuo; priestliness, i.e. The sacerdotal function -- office of the priesthood, priest's office. see GREEK hierateuo |
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