Strong's Concordance hierateia: priesthood Original Word: ἱερατεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierateia Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-i'-ah) Short Definition: the duty of a priest Definition: the duty (office) of a priest, priesthood. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2405: ἱερατείαἱερατεία (WH ἱερατια; cf. Iota), ἱερατείας, ἡ (ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Luke 1:9; Hebrews 7:5. (the Sept. for כְּהֻנָּה; Aristotle, pol. 7, 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Boeckh, Inscriptions ii., pp. 127, 23; 363, 27.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance office of the priesthood, priest's office. From hierateuo; priestliness, i.e. The sacerdotal function -- office of the priesthood, priest's office. see GREEK hierateuo Forms and Transliterations ιερατεία ιερατείαν ἱερατείαν ιερατείας ἱερατείας ιερατειών ιερατιαν ἱερατίαν ιερατιας ἱερατίας hierateian hierateían hierateias hierateías ierateian ierateiasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 24052 Occurrences ἱερατείαν — 1 Occ. ἱερατείας — 1 Occ. Luke 1:9 N-GFS GRK: ἔθος τῆς ἱερατείας ἔλαχε τοῦ NAS: to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot KJV: to the custom of the priest's office, his lot INT: custom of the priesthood it fell to him by lot Hebrews 7:5 N-AFS |