Priest
ἱερεύςStrong’s G2409hiereus
Appears in 31 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hiereus is the Greek word usually translated “priests” and “priest”. It appears in 31 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “priests” and “priest”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- priests 15
- a priest 9
- priest 6
- the priest 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 13
- Luke 5
- Acts 4
- Matthew 3
- Revelation 3
- Mark 2
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
- Mark 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Mark 2:26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
- Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
- Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Greek dictionary
ἱερεύς hiereus · priest
ἱερεύς, -έως, ὁ (ἱερός), [in LXX for כָּהֵן ;] a priest: ἱ. τ. Διός, Act.14:13; of Jewish priests, Mat.8:4 12:4-5, Mrk.1:44 2:26, Luk.1:5 5:14, Jhn.1:19, Heb.8:4, al.; of Christ, Heb.5:6 (LXX) Heb.10:21; of Christians, Rev.1:6 5:10 20:6 (Cremer, 293; on the accusative pl., ἱερεῖς, see Thack., Gr., 147 f.; Bl., § 8, 2) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “priest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRIEST, noun
[Latin proestes, a chief, one that presides; proe, before, and sto, to stand, or sisto.]
- A man who officiates in sacred offices.“Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins” Hebrews 5:1
- In the modern church, a person who is set apart or consecrated to the ministry of the gospel; a man in orders or licensed to preach the gospel; a presbyter.
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.