Word

ἱερατεύω

hierateúō · G2407 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

to serve as a priest, to be a priest

To serve as a priest in the performance of religious rites and duties

Examples
Luke 1:8 Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin+ τάξιςorder, rank 1
ἔναντιin front of+ θεόςGod 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 2

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

כָּהַן kâhan · H3547 · to act as priest, to serve as priest, to act like a priest: Hebrew כָּהַן (kâhan, H3547) and Greek ἱερατεύω (hierateúō, G2407) are direct functional equivalents denoting the act of serving in priestly office, with the Greek term serving as the standard LXX rendering of the Hebrew verbal root for performing priestly duties.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To serve as a priest, to be a priest53.85: In Luke 1:8, of Zechariah it is written, “while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division,” using this verb for the act of serving as a priest.

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἱερός hierós · G2413 · holy, temple · 3×ἱερόν hierón · G2411 · temple · 71×ἱερεύς hiereús · G2409 · priest · 31×ἱερωσύνη hierōsýnē · G2420 · priesthood, to be a priest · 3×ἱερατεία hierateía · G2405 · priesthood, to be a priest · 2×ἱεράτευμα hieráteuma · G2406 · priesthood, to be a priest · 2×Ἱεράπολις Hierápolis · G2404 · holy city; Hierapolis, a place in Asia Minor · 1×ἱερατεύωhierateúō · G2407ἱεροπρεπής hieroprepḗs · G2412 · devout, pious, religious · 1×ἱεροσυλέω hierosyléō · G2416 · to rob temples, to commit sacrilege, to desecrate · 1×ἱερόσυλος hierósylos · G2417 · temple robber, desecrator, one who commits sacrilege · 1×ἱερουργέω hierourgéō · G2418 · to serve as a priest, to be a priest · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur);…

(from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur); to be priest, discharge the priest's office, be busied in sacred duties: Lk 1:8. (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1; Herodian, 5, 6, 6 (3 edition, Bekker); Pausanias, Heliodorus, Inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott); the Sept. for כִּהֵן.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Roles and Functions1 occurrence

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