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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 Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the finely worked garments for ministering[fn] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. But if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[fn] and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods.
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