Lexical Summary archieratikos: high-priestly Original Word: ἀρχιερατικόςTransliteration: archieratikos Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khee-er-at-ee-kos') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: high-priestly Meaning: high-priestly Strong's Concordance of the high priest. From arche and a derivative of hieros; high-priestly -- of the high-priest. see GREEK arche see GREEK hieros Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 748: ἀρχιερατικόςἀρχιερατικός, ἀρχιερατικη, ἀρχιερατικον (ἀρχι and ἱερατικός, and this from ἱεράομαι (to be a priest)), high priestly, pontifical: γένος, Acts 4:6 (so Corp. Inscriptions Graec. no. 4363; see Schürer as cited under the word ἀρχιερεύς, 2 at the end). (Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 7; 6, 6, 3; 15, 3, 1.) |
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