ΙΕΡΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ, ιερευοντες
IEREUONTES, iereuontes
Sounds Like: hee-eh-REH-oo-on-tes
Translations: sacrificing, offering sacrifice, performing sacred rites
From the root: ΙΕΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'to sacrifice' or 'to offer sacrifice'. It describes someone who is in the act of performing a sacrifice or sacred rites. It can be used to describe priests or others who are engaged in such religious duties.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G2405 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:68
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΙΕΡΕΥΩ — to be a priest, to officiate as a priest, to perform priestly duties, to sacrifice
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