Lexical Summary hierōsynē: priesthood Original Word: ἱερωσύνηTransliteration: hierōsynē Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-o-soo'-nay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: priesthood Meaning: priesthood Strong's Concordance priesthood. From hieros; sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office -- priesthood. see GREEK hieros Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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