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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2420 - ἱερωσύνη

Transliteration

hierōsýnē

Phonetics

hee-er-o-soo'-nay

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G2413)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

3:247,349

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

priesthood, the priestly office

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3547 ‑ כָּהַן (kaw‑han');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Hebrews 4

NAS (3)

Hebrews 3

HCS (3)

Hebrews 3

BSB (3)

Hebrews 3

ESV (4)

Hebrews 4

WEB (4)

Hebrews 4

KJV (4)

priesthood 4

NAS (3)

priesthood 3

HCS (3)

priesthood 3

BSB (3)

priesthood 3

ESV (4)

priesthood 3

priests 1

WEB (4)

his priesthood 1

priesthood 2

the priesthood 1

RAH

N-ASF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

BEZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

BGB

N-AFS 1

N-GFS 2

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

ELZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

NA26

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

STV

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 3

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἱερ-ωσύνη,

in Att. Inscrr. ἱερεωσύνη IG 22.1235.8, al., also SIG 2554.22 (Magn. Mae.), SIG 31068.22 (Patmos, iii/ii B.C.), Milet. 7.28, etc.: ἡ: —

priesthood, Hdt. 3.142, etc.; ἱερωσύνης μετασχεῖν D. 59.92: in pl., priestly services, sacrifices, Sch. Ar. Pax 923.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἱερωσύνη (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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἱερωσύνη , -ης , ἡ

(< ἱερός ),

[in LXX: 1 Chronicles 29:22 (H3547), 1 Esdras 5:38, Sirach 45:24, 1 Maccabees 2:54; 1 Maccabees 3:49; 1 Maccabees 7:9; 1 Maccabees 7:21, 4 Maccabees 5:35; 4 Maccabees 7:6*;]

priesthood: Hebrews 7:11-12; Hebrews 7:24.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The older form of this word was ἱερεωσύνη (from ἱερεύς), e.g. OGIS 56.23 (B.C. 237) τὴν ἱερεωσύνην τῶν Εὐεργετῶν θεῶν, see Dittenberger’s note and cf. Mayser Gr. pp. 15, 154. For ἱερωσύνη = ";the priestly office,"; as in Hebrews 7:11 al. cf. Priene 174.2 (ii/B.C.) ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱε ̣ρ ̣ω ̣σύνην τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Φλέου, ib. 205.2 (iii/A.D.) ἔλαχε τὴν ἱερωσύν [ην ] Ἀναξίδημος Ἀπολλων [ίου, Michel 704.15 (ii/B.C.) ἐπρίατο τὴν ἱερωσύνην Τίμ [αιος, ib. 977.13 (B.C. 298–7) τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἀξίως ἱερεώσατο τοῦ θεοῦ, ib. 981.7 (B.C. 219–8) καλῶς καὶ εὐσεβῶς τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἐξήγαγεν. See also s.v. ἱερατεία, and for the abstract suffix—σύνη see s.v. ἀγαθωσύνη.

List of Word Forms

ιερωσυνην ιερωσύνην ἱερωσύνην ιερωσυνης ιερωσύνης ἱερωσύνης hierosynen hierosýnen hierōsynēn hierōsýnēn hierosynes hierosýnes hierōsynēs hierōsýnēs ierosunen ierōsunēn ierosunes ierōsunēs