ΙΕΡΑΤΙΑ, ιερατια
IERATIA, ieratia
Sounds Like: hee-eh-rah-TEE-ah
Translations: priesthood, a priesthood, priestly office
From the root: ΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the office, function, or dignity of a priest, or the entire body of priests. It denotes the sacred service or ministry performed by priests. It is often used in contexts relating to religious duties and the role of those consecrated to divine service.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2406 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 7:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 29:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΕΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑΣ — (of) priesthood, (of) a priesthood, (of) the office of priest, (of) the priestly office
- ΙΕΡΑΤ — priesthood, a priesthood, priestly office, sacred office
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑ — priesthood, a priesthood, priestly office
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑΝ — priesthood, a priesthood
- ΙΕΡΑΤΕΙΑΣ — of priesthood, of the priesthood, a priesthood, the priesthood
- ΙΕΡΑΤΙΑΝ — priesthood, a priesthood
- ΙΕΡΑΤΙΑΣ — of priesthood, of the priesthood, of priestly office
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