High-priest
ἀρχιερεύςStrong’s G0749archiereus
Appears in 120 verses of the New Testament
In short
Archiereus is the Greek word usually translated “chief priests”, “high priest” and “high priesthood”. It appears in 120 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.”
Meaning
Usually translated “chief priests”, “high priest” and “high priesthood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- chief priests 60
- high priest 44
- a high priest 8
- the chief priests 5
- the high priest 3
- high priesthood 1
- high priests 1
- as high priests 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 24
- Acts 22
- Mark 21
- John 20
- Hebrews 17
- Luke 16
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- Matthew 20:18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
- Matthew 21:15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
- Matthew 21:23And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
- Matthew 21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- Matthew 26:3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
All 120 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἀρχιερεύς archiereus · high-priest
ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, ὁ, [in LXX for כּ'' הָרֹאשׁ,כּ'' הַגָּדוֹל ,כּהֵן ;] 1. high-priest: Mrk.2:26 14:47, al.; of Christ: Heb.2:17 3:1, al. 2. In pl., chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:31, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297f.; MM, see word). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “highpriest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HIGH-PRIEST, noun
A chief priest.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.