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ἱερουργέω

hierourgéō · G2418 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to serve as a priest, to be a priest

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

    Examples

    Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

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What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 1 entry
To serve as a priest, to be a priest53.85
In Romans 15:16, Paul describes himself as “a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God,” using this verb for the act of serving in a sacred capacity.
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×ἱερατεύω hierateúō · G2407 · to serve as a priest, to be a priest · 1×ἱεροπρεπής 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×ἱερουργέωhierourgéō · G2418
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred…
ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred things; to perform sacred rites (Philo, Herodian); used especially of persons sacrificing (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4, etc.); translated, to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly service: τόν νόμον, of those who defend the sanctity of the law by undergoing a violent death, 4 Macc. 7:8; τό εὐαγγέλιον, of the preaching of the gospel, Rom 15:16 (where Fritzsche treats the word fully; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 222f (209))).

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.

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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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