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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 fasten caps on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons.[fn] The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. “Then you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - and the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.
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