Lexicon hierósuné: priesthood Original Word: ἱερωσύνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierósuné Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-o-soo'-nay) Short Definition: the priestly office Definition: the abstract notion of the priestly office. HELPS word-Studies 2420 hierōsýnē (from 2413 /hierós, "sacred, holy") – properly, "priestly office, as with the Levitic priesthood" (BAGD); priesthood. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hierosDefinitionpriesthood NASB Translationpriesthood (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2420: ἱερωσύνηἱερωσύνη (on the omega ὦ see ἀγαθωσύνη, init), ἱερωσύνης, ἡ ( ἱερός), priesthood, the priestly office: Hebrews 7:11f, 14, R G, 24. (Sir. 45:24; 1 Esdr. 5:38; 1 Macc. 2:54 1 Macc. 3:49; 4 Macc. 5:34; Herodotus, Plato, Demosthenes, Diodorus, Joseph, Plutarch, Herodian, others.)
Strong's priesthood. From hieros; sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office -- priesthood. see GREEK hieros |
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