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hiereus: Priest

Original Word: ἱερεύς
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: hiereus
Pronunciation: hee-er-YOOS
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-yooce')
KJV: (high) priest
NASB: priest, priests
Word Origin: [from G2413 (ἱερός - temple)]

1. a priest
{literally or figuratively}

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
priest, high priest.

From hieros; a priest (literally or figuratively) -- (high) priest.

see GREEK hieros

HELPS Word-studies

2409 hiereús (from 2413 /hierós, "sacred because belonging to the Temple") – a priest. 2409 /hiereús ("priest") is used in the NT:

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hieros
Definition
a priest
NASB Translation
priest (16), priests (15).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2409: ἱερεύς

ἱερεύς, ἱερέως, ὁ (ἱερός) (from Homer down), Hebrew כֹּהֵן, a priest; one who offers sacrifices and in general is busied with sacred rites;

a. properly, of the priests of the Gentiles, Acts 14:13; of the priests of the Jews, Matthew 8:4; Matthew 12:4; Mark 1:44; (Mark 2:26); Luke 1:5; Luke 5:14; John 1:19; Heb. 7:( L T Tr WH), (); , etc.; of the high priest, Acts 5:24 R G (Exodus 35:18; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Macc. 15:1; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 1); and in the same sense Christ is called ἱερεύς in Hebrews 5:6 (from Psalm 109:4 (); Hebrews 7:17; also ἱερεύς μέγας, Hebrews 10:21 (see ἀρχιερεύς, 3) (others take the adjective here not as blending with ἱερεύς into a technical or official appellation, but as descriptive, great; cf. Hebrews 4:14).

b. metaphorically, of Christians, because, purified by the blood of Christ and brought into close contact with God, they devote their life to him alone (and to Christ): Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6, cf. Revelation 1:5; Revelation 5:9.

Forms and Transliterations
επτά ιερεα ιερέα ἱερέα ιερεέως ιερει ιερεί ἱερεῖ ιερεις ιερείς ἱερεῖς ιερευς ιερεύς ἱερεύς ἱερεὺς ιερεύσι ιερευσιν ιερεύσιν ἱερεῦσιν ιερεων ιερέων ἱερέων ιερέως hierea hieréa hierei hiereî hiereis hiereîs hiereon hiereōn hieréon hieréōn hiereus hiereús hiereùs hiereusin hiereûsin ierea ierei iereis iereon iereōn iereus iereusin
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 8:4 N-DMS
GRK: δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προσένεγκον
NAS: yourself to the priest and present
KJV: shew thyself to the priest, and offer
INT: show to the priest and offer

Matthew 12:4 N-DMP
GRK: μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις
NAS: for those with him, but for the priests alone?
KJV: but only for the priests?
INT: not for the priests only

Matthew 12:5 N-NMP
GRK: σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ
NAS: that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple
KJV: on the sabbath days the priests in
INT: Sabbath the priests in the

Mark 1:44 N-DMS
GRK: δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προσένεγκε
NAS: yourself to the priest and offer
KJV: shew thyself to the priest, and offer
INT: show to the priest and offer

Mark 2:26 N-AMP
GRK: μὴ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ ἔδωκεν
NAS: except the priests, and he also
KJV: to eat but for the priests, and gave
INT: not for the priests and he gave

Luke 1:5 N-NMS
GRK: τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἱερεύς τις ὀνόματι
NAS: of Judea, there was a priest named
KJV: a certain priest named
INT: of Judea a priest certain by name

Luke 5:14 N-DMS
GRK: σεαυτὸν τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προσένεγκε
NAS: yourself to the priest and make an offering
KJV: thyself to the priest, and
INT: yourself to the priest and offer

Luke 6:4 N-AMP
GRK: μόνους τοὺς ἱερεῖς
NAS: except the priests alone,
KJV: to eat but for the priests alone?
INT: only the priests

Luke 10:31 N-NMS
GRK: συγκυρίαν δὲ ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν
NAS: And by chance a priest was going down
KJV: a certain priest that
INT: chance now a priest certain went down

Luke 17:14 N-DMP
GRK: ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ ἐγένετο
NAS: yourselves to the priests. And as they were going,
KJV: yourselves unto the priests. And
INT: yourselves to the priests And it came to pass

John 1:19 N-AMP
GRK: ἐξ Ἰεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας
NAS: sent to him priests and Levites
KJV: the Jews sent priests and Levites
INT: from Jerusalem priests and Levites

Acts 4:1 N-NMP
GRK: αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ
INT: upon them the priests and the

Acts 6:7 N-GMP
GRK: ὄχλος τῶν ἱερέων ὑπήκουον τῇ
NAS: many of the priests were becoming obedient
KJV: company of the priests were obedient
INT: multitude of the priests were obedient to the

Acts 14:13 N-NMS
GRK: ὅ τε ἱερεὺς τοῦ Διὸς
NAS: The priest of Zeus,
KJV: Then the priest of Jupiter, which
INT: and [the] priest of Zeus

Hebrews 5:6 N-NMS
GRK: λέγει Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν
NAS: in another [passage], YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER
KJV: [place], Thou [art] a priest for
INT: he says You [are] a priest to the

Hebrews 7:1 N-NMS
GRK: βασιλεὺς Σαλήμ ἱερεὺς τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: of Salem, priest of the Most High
KJV: of Salem, priest of the most high
INT: King of Salem priest of God

Hebrews 7:3 N-NMS
GRK: θεοῦ μένει ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸ
NAS: he remains a priest perpetually.
KJV: of God; abideth a priest continually.
INT: of God abides a priest to

Hebrews 7:11 N-AMS
GRK: ἕτερον ἀνίστασθαι ἱερέα καὶ οὐ
NAS: [was there] for another priest to arise
KJV: [was there] that another priest should rise
INT: [for] another to arise priest and not

Hebrews 7:14 N-GMP
GRK: φυλὴν περὶ ἱερέων οὐδὲν Μωυσῆς
NAS: nothing concerning priests.
INT: tribe concerning priesthood nothing Moses

Hebrews 7:15 N-NMS
GRK: Μελχισεδὲκ ἀνίσταται ἱερεὺς ἕτερος
NAS: if another priest arises according
KJV: there ariseth another priest,
INT: of Melchizadek arises a priest different

Hebrews 7:17 N-NMS
GRK: ὅτι Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν
NAS: For it is attested [of Him], YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER
KJV: Thou [art] a priest for ever
INT: You [are] a priest for the

Hebrews 7:20 N-NMP
GRK: ὁρκωμοσίας εἰσὶν ἱερεῖς γεγονότες
INT: [the] swearing of an oath are priests become

Hebrews 7:21 N-NMS
GRK: μεταμεληθήσεται Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν
NAS: became priests without
KJV: (For those priests were
INT: will repent You [are] a priest for the

Hebrews 7:23 N-NMP
GRK: εἰσιν γεγονότες ἱερεῖς διὰ τὸ
NAS: The [former] priests, on the one hand,
KJV: many priests, because they were not suffered
INT: are have become priests on account of

Hebrews 8:4 N-NMS
GRK: ἂν ἦν ἱερεύς ὄντων τῶν
NAS: He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all,
KJV: be a priest, seeing that there are
INT: anyhow would he be a priest there being the

Strong's Greek 2409
31 Occurrences

ἱερέα — 2 Occ.
ἱερεῖ — 3 Occ.
ἱερεῖς — 11 Occ.
ἱερέων — 2 Occ.
ἱερεύς — 11 Occ.
ἱερεῦσιν — 2 Occ.

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