Lexicon hierateuó: to be a priest Original Word: ἱερατεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hierateuó Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I serve as priest Definition: I serve as priest. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hiereusDefinitionto be a priest NASB Translationperforming...priestly service (1), priestly service (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2407: ἱερατεύωἱερατεύω; (from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur); to be priest, discharge the priest's office, be busied in sacred duties: Luke 1:8. ( Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1; Herodian, 5, 6, 6 (3 edition, Bekker); Pausanias, Heliodorus, Inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott); the Sept. for כִּהֵן.)
Strong's perform priestly service Prolongation from hiereus; to be a priest, i.e. Perform his functions -- execute the priest's office. see GREEK hiereus |
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