Lexicon hierourgeó: to perform sacred rites Original Word: ἱερουργέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hierourgeó Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-oorg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I minister in holy things Definition: I minister in holy things. HELPS word-Studies 2418 hierourgéō (from 2411 /hierón, "Temple" and 2041 /érgon, "work") – properly, doing Temple-work, like offering acceptable sacrifices to God. 2418 (hierourgéō) is only used in Ro 15:16, "To be a minister (3011 /leitourgós) of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest (2418 /hierourgéō) the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified in (1722 /en) the Holy Spirit." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of hieros and ergonDefinitionto perform sacred rites NASB Translationministering as a priest (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2418: ἱερουργέωἱερουργέω, ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred things; to perform sacred rites ( Philo, Herodian); used especially of persons sacrificing ( Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4, etc.); translated, to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly service: τόν νόμον, of those who defend the sanctity of the law by undergoing a violent death, 4 Macc. 7:8; τό εὐαγγέλιον, of the preaching of the gospel, Romans 15:16 (where Fritzsche treats the word fully; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 222f (209))).
Strong's minister. From a compound of hieron and the base of ergon; to be a temple-worker, i.e. Officiate as a priest (figuratively) -- minister. see GREEK hieron see GREEK ergon |
    |