Lexical Summary hierateia: priesthood Original Word: ἱερατείαTransliteration: hierateia Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-i'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: priesthood Meaning: priesthood Strong's 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 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.) |