Strong's Concordance hierósuné: priesthood Original Word: ἱερωσύνη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierósuné Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-o-soo'-nay) Short Definition: the priestly office Definition: the abstract notion of the priestly office. HELPS Word-studies 2420 hierōsýnē (from 2413 /hierós, "sacred, holy") – properly, "priestly office, as with the Levitic priesthood" (BAGD); priesthood. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2420: ἱερωσύνηἱερωσύνη (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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance priesthood. From hieros; sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office -- priesthood. see GREEK hieros Forms and Transliterations ιερωσυνην ιερωσύνην ἱερωσύνην ιερωσυνης ιερωσύνης ἱερωσύνης hierosynen hierosýnen hierōsynēn hierōsýnēn hierosynes hierosýnes hierōsynēs hierōsýnēs ierosunen ierōsunēn ierosunes ierōsunēsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 24203 Occurrences ἱερωσύνην — 1 Occ. ἱερωσύνης — 2 Occ. Hebrews 7:11 N-GFS GRK: τῆς Λευιτικῆς ἱερωσύνης ἦν ὁ NAS: the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis KJV: the Levitical priesthood, (for INT: the Levitical priesthood were the Hebrews 7:12 N-GFS Hebrews 7:24 N-AFS |