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Lexicon :: Strong's G749 - archiereus

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ἀρχιερεύς
Transliteration
archiereus (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-khee-er-yuce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 3:265,349

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρχιερεύς archiereús, ar-khee-er-yuce'; from G746 and G2409; the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest:—chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x

The KJV translates Strong's G749 in the following manner: chief priest (64x), high priest (58x), chief of the priest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x
The KJV translates Strong's G749 in the following manner: chief priest (64x), high priest (58x), chief of the priest (1x).
  1. chief priest, high priest

  2. the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding the high priestly office, both those who had previously discharged it and although disposed, continued to have great power in the State, as well as the members of the families from which high priest were created, provided that they had much influence in public affairs.

  3. Used of Christ because by undergoing a bloody death he offered himself as an expiatory sacrifice to God, and has entered into the heavenly sanctuary where he continually intercedes on our behalf.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρχιερεύς archiereús, ar-khee-er-yuce'; from G746 and G2409; the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest:—chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.
STRONGS G749:
ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, , chief priest, high priest.
1. He who above all others was honored with the title of priest, the chief of the priests, הַגָדול כֹּהֵן (Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 35:25, [later הָרֹאשׁ כֹּהֵן, 2 Kings 25:18; 2 Chronicles 19:11, etc.]): Matthew 26:3, and often in the Gospels, the Acts, and the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was lawful for him to perform the common duties of the priesthood; but his chief duty was, once a year on the day of atonement, to enter the Holy of holies (from which the other priests were excluded) and offer sacrifice for his own sins and the sins of the people (Leviticus 16; Hebrews 9:7, 25), and to preside over the Sanhedrin, or supreme Council, when convened for judicial deliberations (Matthew 26:3; Acts 22:5; Acts 23:2). According to the Mosaic law no one could aspire to the high priesthood unless he were of the tribe of Aaron, and descended moreover from a high priestly family; and he on whom the office was conferred held it till death. But from the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, when the kings of the Seleucidæ and afterwards the Herodian princes and the Romans arrogated to themselves the power of appointing the high priests, the office neither remained vested in the pontifical family nor was conferred on anyone for life; but it became venal, and could be transferred from one to another according to the will of civil or military rulers. Hence it came to pass, that during the one hundred and seven years intervening between Herod the Great and the destruction of the holy city, twenty-eight persons held the pontifical dignity (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 10; see Ἄννας). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Hoherpriester; Oehler in Herzog vi., pp. 198ff; [BB. DD., see under the words, Highpriest, Priest, etc. The names of the 28 (27?) above alluded to are given, together with a brief notice of each, in an article by Schürer in the Studien und Kritiken for 1872, pp. 597-607].
2. The plural ἀρχιερεῖς, which occurs often in the Gospels and Acts, as Matthew 2:4; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:3; Matthew 27:41; Mark 8:31; Mark 14:1; Mark 15:1; Luke 19:47; Luke 22:52, 66; Luke 23:4; Luke 24:20; John 7:32; John 11:57; John 18:35; Acts 4:23; Acts 5:24; Acts 9:14, 21; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:14, etc., and in Josephus, comprises, in addition to the one actually holding the high priestly office, both those who had previously discharged it and although deposed continued to have great power in the State (Josephus, vita 38; b. j. 2, 12, 6; 4, 3, 7; 9; 4, 4, 3; see Ἄννας above), as well as the members of the families from which high priests were created, provided they had much influence in public affairs (Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 2). See on this point the learned discussion by Schürer, Die ἀρχιερεῖς im N. T, in the Studien und Kritiken for 1872, p. 593ff and in his Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 23 iii., p. 407ff [Prof. Schürer, besides reviewing the opinions of the more recent writers, contends that in no instance where indubitable reference to the heads of the twenty-four classes is made (neither in the Sept. 1 Chronicles 24:3; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 12:7; nor in Josephus, Antiquities 7, 14, 7) are they called ἀρχιερεῖς; that the nearest approximations to this term are periphrases such as ἄρχοντες τῶν ἱερέων, Nehemiah 12:7, or φύλαρχοι τῶν ἱερέων, Esra apocr. (1 Esdr.) 1 Esdras 8:92 (1 Esdras 8:94); Josephus, Antiquities 11, 5, 4; and that the word ἀρχιερεῖς was restricted in its application to those who actually held, or had held, the high priestly office, together with the members of the few prominent families from which the high priests still continued to be selected, cf. Acts 4:6; Josephus, b. j. 4, 3, 6.]
3. In the Epistle to the Hebrews Christ is called 'high priest,' because by undergoing a bloody death he offered himself as an expiatory sacrifice to God, and has entered the heavenly sanctuary where he continually intercedes on our behalf: Hebrews 2:17; 3:1; 4:14; 5:10; 6:20; 7:26; 8:1; 9:11; cf. Winzer, De sacerdotis officio, quod Christo tribuitur in the Epistle to the Hebrews (three Programs), Leips. 1825f; Riehm, Lehrbegriff des Hebräerbriefes, ii., pp. 431-488. In Greek writings the word is used by Herodotus 2 [(37), 142,] 143 and 151; Plato, legg. 12, p. 947 a.; Polybius 23, 1, 2; 32, 22, 5; Plutarch, Numa c. 9, others; [often in Inscriptions]; once (viz., Leviticus 4:3) in the Sept., where ἱερεὺς μέγας is usual, in the O. T. Apocrypha, 1 Esdr. 5:40 1 Esdr. 9:40, and often in the books of Maccabees, for the application of the term to Christ by the early writers see Bp. Lightfoot on Clem. Romans; 1 Corinthians 36 p. 118f, and on Ign. ad Philad. 9 vol. ii. p. 274.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
4:3; 16; 21:10
Numbers
35:25
2 Kings
25:18
1 Chronicles
24:3
2 Chronicles
19:11; 36:14
Ezra
10:5
Nehemiah
12:7; 12:7
Matthew
2:4; 16:21; 26:3; 26:3; 26:3; 27:41
Mark
8:31; 14:1; 15:1
Luke
19:47; 22:52; 22:66; 23:4; 24:20
John
7:32; 11:57; 18:35
Acts
4:6; 4:23; 5:24; 9:14; 9:21; 22:5; 22:30; 23:2; 23:14
Hebrews
2:17; 3:1; 4:14; 5:10; 6:20; 7:26; 8:1; 9:7; 9:11; 9:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G749 matches the Greek ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus),
which occurs 122 times in 119 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Luk 22:2–Act 25:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he went away and discussed with the chief G749 priests G749 and officers how he might betray Him to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And one of them struck the slave of the high G749 priest G749 and cut off his right ear.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus said to the chief G749 priests G749 and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as against a robber?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:54 -

Now having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high G749 priest G749, but Peter was following at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:66 -

And as the day came, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief G749 priests G749 and scribes, and they led Him away to their Sanhedrin, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:4 - Then Pilate said to the chief G749 priests G749 and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:10 - And the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes were standing there, vehemently accusing Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:13 -

And Pilate summoned the chief G749 priests G749 and the rulers and the people,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:20 - and how the chief G749 priests G749 and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:32 -

The Pharisees heard the crowd [fn]whispering these things about Him, and the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:45 -

The officers then came to the chief G749 priests G749 and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:47 -

Therefore the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees gathered the [fn]Sanhedrin together, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is doing many [fn]signs.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:49 - But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high G749 priest G749 that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - Now he did not say this from himself, but being high G749 priest G749 that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - Now the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief G749 priests G749 planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:3 - Judas then, having received the Roman [fn]cohort and officers from the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high G749 priest’s G749 slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:13 - and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high G749 priest G749 that year.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:15 -

And Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high G749 priest G749, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high G749 priest G749,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:16 - but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high G749 priest G749, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:19 -

The high G749 priest G749 then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:22 - And when He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby gave Jesus a slap, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high G749 priest G749?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:24 - So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high G749 priest G749.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:26 - One of the slaves of the high G749 priest G749, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief G749 priests G749 delivered You to me; what did You do?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6 - So when the chief G749 priests G749 and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - So they cried out, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief G749 priests G749 answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21 - So the chief G749 priests G749 of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews;’ but that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - and Annas the high G749 priest G749 was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:23 -

So when they were released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders had said to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:17 -

But the high G749 priest G749 rose up and those with him (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:21 - Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high G749 priest G749 and those with him came, they called the Sanhedrin together, even all the Council of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the jailhouse for them to be brought.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:24 - Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief G749 priests G749 heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what [fn]would come of this.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:27 -

And when they had brought them, they stood them [fn]before the Sanhedrin. And the high G749 priest G749 questioned them,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:1 -

And the high G749 priest G749 said, “Are these things so?”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:1 -

Now [fn]Saul, still breathing [fn]threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high G749 priest G749,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:14 - “And here he has authority from the chief G749 priests G749 to bind all who call on Your name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:21 - And all those hearing him continued to be astounded, and were saying, “Is this not the one who in Jerusalem destroyed those that called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief G749 priests G749?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:14 - Now seven sons of one named Sceva, a Jewish chief G749 priest G749, were doing this.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as also the high G749 priest G749 and all the Council of the elders [fn]can testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem [fn]as prisoners to be punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 -

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief G749 priests G749 and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:2 - And the high G749 priest G749 Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:4 - But those standing nearby said, “Do you revile the high G749 priest G749 of God?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 - And Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was high G749 priest G749; for it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - They came to the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:1 -

Now after five days the high G749 priest G749 Ananias came down with some elders, [fn]with an [fn]attorney named Tertullus, and they [fn]brought charges to the governor against Paul.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:2 - And the chief G749 priests G749 and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with him,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15 - and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

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