ἱερατεία
hierateía · G2405 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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priesthood, to be a priest
The role of being a priest
ExamplesLuke 1:9 according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Hebrews 7:5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their countrymen, although they are descended from Abraham.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔθοςcustom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- כְּהֻנָּה kᵉhunnâh · H3550 · priesthood
- Hebrew כְּהֻנָּה (priesthood, priest's office) is the direct lexical equivalent of Greek ἱερατεία (priestliness, sacerdotal function), both denoting the office or institution of priesthood rather than individual priests.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Priesthood, to be a priest53.86
- In Luke 1:9, of Zechariah it is written, “according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense,” naming this office directly.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH ἱερατια; cf. Iota), ἱερατείας, ἡ (ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Lk…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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