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Lexicon :: Strong's G2405 - hierateia

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ἱερατεία
Transliteration
hierateia (Key)
Pronunciation
hee-er-at-i'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
15x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:251,349

Strong’s Definitions

ἱερατεία hierateía, hee-er-at-i'-ah; from G2407; priestliness, i.e. the sacerdotal function:—office of the priesthood, priest's office.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2405 in the following manner: priest's office (1x), office of the priesthood (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2405 in the following manner: priest's office (1x), office of the priesthood (1x).

  1. the priesthood, the office of a priest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱερατεία hierateía, hee-er-at-i'-ah; from G2407; priestliness, i.e. the sacerdotal function:—office of the priesthood, priest's office.
STRONGS G2405:
ἱερατεία [WH -τια; see Ι, ι], -ας, ἡ, (ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Luke 1:9; Hebrews 7:5. (Sept. for כְּהֻנָּה; Aristotle, pol. 7, 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Boeckh, Inscriptions ii., pp. 127, 23; 363, 27.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:9
Hebrews
7:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2405 matches the Greek ἱερατεία (hierateia),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and thou shalt [fn]fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; and the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - (LXX 39:18) and the table of shewbread, and all its furniture, and the shewbread upon it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an [fn]everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These sought their genealogy as though they had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, as polluted, from the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed as polluted from the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, O God, for their false connection with the priesthood, and the breaking the covenant of the priesthood, and for defiling the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.
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