King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2407
Transliteration: hierateuō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be a priest
Meaning: to be a priest
ἱερατεύω; (from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur); to be priest, discharge the priest's office, be busied in sacred duties: Luke 1:8. (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1; Herodian, 5, 6, 6 (3 edition, Bekker); Pausanias, Heliodorus, Inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott); the Sept. for כִּהֵן.)
Word Summary
hierateuō: to be a priest
Original Word: ἱερατεύωTransliteration: hierateuō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-at-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be a priest
Meaning: to be a priest
Strong's Concordance
perform priestly serviceProlongation from hiereus; to be a priest, i.e. Perform his functions -- execute the priest's office.
see GREEK hiereus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2407: ἱερατεύωἱερατεύω; (from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur); to be priest, discharge the priest's office, be busied in sacred duties: Luke 1:8. (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1; Herodian, 5, 6, 6 (3 edition, Bekker); Pausanias, Heliodorus, Inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott); the Sept. for כִּהֵן.)