ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΕΙΝ, ιερατευειν
IERATEUEIN, ierateuein
Sounds Like: hee-er-at-YOO-ayn
Translations: to be a priest, to officiate as a priest, to perform priestly duties
From the root: ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to serve as a priest, performing the sacred duties and rituals associated with the priestly office. It describes the act of carrying out the functions of a priest, such as offering sacrifices or leading worship. It is often used in contexts related to religious service and divine appointment.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 28:1, 28:4, 29:1, 29:44, 30:30, 31:10, 40:11
- Leviticus — 7:25, 16:32
- Numbers — 3:3, 16:10
- 1 Samuel — 2:28
- Ezra (Alpha) — 5:39
- 1 Maccabees — 7:5
- Sirach — 45:15
- Ezekiel — 44:13
- Hosea — 4:6
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 1:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΟΝΤΩΝ — of those ministering as priests, of those officiating as priests, of those performing priestly duties
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΟΥΣΙΝ — minister as priests, serve as priests, perform priestly duties, serving as priests, ministering as priests
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having served as priest, those who served as priest
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΩΝ — having served as priest, having officiated as priest, having performed priestly duties
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΣ — having served as priest, having officiated as priest, having performed priestly duties
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΕΙ — he will serve as priest, he will minister as priest
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΕΝ — ministered as a priest, served as a priest, officiated as a priest
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one who is about to minister as a priest, of one who will serve as priest, of one who is to be a priest
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will serve as priest, they will officiate as priest, they will perform priestly duties
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΩ — to minister as a priest, to officiate as a priest, to perform priestly duties
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΩΣΙΝ — they may serve as priest, they may minister as priest
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