ΙΕΡΕΙΣ, ιερεις
IEREIS, iereis
Sounds Like: hee-EH-race
Translations: priests
From the root: ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who perform sacred rites and offer sacrifices, acting as intermediaries between people and the divine. In ancient contexts, priests were often associated with temples and religious cults, responsible for maintaining religious traditions and rituals.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:24
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 13:2, 15:11, 15:24, 16:6, 16:39, 18:16
- 2 Esdras — 10:5, 13:22, 13:28, 15:12, 17:39, 17:73, 18:13, 19:32, 19:34, 20:9, 20:29, 20:35, 21:3, 21:20, 22:1, 22:12, 22:22, 22:30, 22:41, 22:44
- 1 Maccabees — 5:67, 7:36, 12:6, 14:41
- Psalms — 77:64, 131:9, 131:16
- Sirach — 7:29
- Isaiah — 66:21
- Jeremiah — 2:26, 4:9, 13:13, 31:7, 33:7, 33:8, 33:11, 33:16, 36:1
- Lamentations — 0:4
- Joel — 1:9, 2:17
- Zephaniah — 3:4
- Haggai — 2:11, 2:12, 2:13
- Zechariah — 7:3, 7:5
- Malachi — 1:6, 2:1
- Mark — 2:26
- Luke — 6:4
- Acts of the Apostles — 4:1
- Hebrews — 7:20, 7:23, 9:6
- Revelation — 1:6, 20:6
- Epistle of Barnabas — 7:4, 9:6
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 9:1
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 6:28, 22:188, 22:199, 26:249, 34:307, 14:141, 22:187, 24:193
- Book Two — 14:141, 22:187, 24:193
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 8:164
- Book 2 — 13:285
- Book 3 — 9:226, 9:231, 9:232, 9:235, 11:262, 11:269, 12:278, 12:290
- Book 4 — 8:222
- Book 5 — 1:17, 1:19, 1:22
- Book 6 — 1:16
- Book 7 — 4:78, 4:79, 11:293, 14:363, 14:365
- Book 8 — 3:87, 4:103, 4:106, 8:228, 10:248, 10:265, 13:318, 15:395
- Book 9 — 1:12, 6:135, 6:136, 7:144, 7:150, 10:226, 13:260, 13:262, 13:263, 13:269, 13:270, 14:289
- Book 10 — 4:62, 4:65, 5:80
- Book 11 — 1:8, 1:17, 3:62, 3:74, 4:80, 4:81, 4:102, 4:107, 4:108, 4:119, 5:181, 5:182, 8:331, 8:336
- Book 12 — 3:142, 10:407
- Book 13 — 3:63, 3:73, 7:124
- Book 14 — 2:24, 2:26, 2:28, 10:199, 15:404
- Book 18 — 1:22
- Book 20 — 8:180
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 19:22, 19:24
- Leviticus — 1:5, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 2:2, 3:2, 3:5, 3:8, 3:13
- Numbers — 3:3, 10:8
- Deuteronomy — 21:5, 24:8, 27:9
- Joshua — 3:3, 3:6, 3:14, 3:15, 3:17, 4:10, 4:18, 6:6, 6:8, 6:9, 6:12, 6:13, 6:16, 6:20, 9:6
- Judges — 18:30
- 1 Samuel — 1:3, 5:5, 6:2, 22:11, 22:17, 22:18, 22:21
- 2 Samuel — 8:17, 15:35, 17:15, 19:11, 20:25
- 1 Kings — 4:4, 8:3, 8:6, 8:10, 8:11, 12:31, 12:32, 13:2, 13:33
- 2 Kings — 10:11, 10:19, 10:21, 12:4, 12:5, 12:6, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 17:32, 23:2, 23:8, 23:9, 23:20
- 1 Chronicles — 9:2, 13:2, 15:11, 15:14, 15:24, 16:6, 16:39, 18:16, 23:2
- 2 Chronicles — 4:6, 5:5, 5:7, 5:11, 5:12, 5:14, 6:41, 7:2, 7:6, 11:13, 11:15, 13:9, 13:10, 13:12, 13:14, 17:8, 23:6, 24:5, 26:17, 26:19, 26:20, 29:4, 29:16, 29:22, 29:24, 29:26, 29:34, 30:3, 30:15, 30:16, 30:21, 30:25, 30:27, 34:30, 35:2, 35:10, 35:11, 35:14, 35:18, 36:14
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 1:19, 2:7, 5:5, 5:24, 5:45, 5:47, 5:54, 5:57, 6:29, 7:6, 7:9, 7:10, 8:59, 8:66, 9:37
- Ezra (Beta) — 1:5, 2:36, 2:70, 3:8, 3:10, 6:16, 6:18, 6:20, 8:30, 9:1
- Nehemiah — 3:1, 3:22, 3:28, 5:12, 7:39, 7:73, 8:13, 9:32, 9:34, 9:38, 10:8, 10:28, 10:34, 10:39, 11:3, 12:1, 12:12, 12:22, 12:30, 12:44
- Judith — 4:14
- 1 Maccabees — 3:51, 4:42, 5:67, 7:36, 12:6, 14:41
- 2 Maccabees — 1:19, 1:21, 1:23, 1:30, 1:33, 3:15, 4:14, 14:34, 15:31
- 3 Maccabees — 7:13
- Psalms — 77:64, 131:9, 131:16
- Odes — 10:84
- Job — 12:19
- Sirach — 7:29
- Isaiah — 40:2, 61:6, 66:21
- Jeremiah — 2:8, 2:26, 4:9, 5:31, 13:13, 23:34, 30:3, 31:7, 33:7, 33:8, 33:11, 33:16, 36:1, 39:32, 41:19
- Lamentations — 1:4, 1:19
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:9, 1:17, 1:27, 1:30, 1:32, 1:48, 1:54
- Baruch — 1:7
- Ezekiel — 22:26, 42:13, 43:24, 43:27, 44:15, 44:31, 46:2, 46:20
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:84, 14:8, 14:10, 14:11, 14:15, 14:21, 14:28
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:84, 14:10, 14:15, 14:21
- Hosea — 5:1, 6:9
- Amos — 1:15, 3:12
- Micah — 3:11
- Joel — 1:9, 1:13, 2:17
- Zephaniah — 3:4
- Haggai — 2:11, 2:12, 2:13
- Zechariah — 7:3, 7:5
- Malachi — 1:6, 2:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 12:5
- Mark — 2:26
- Luke — 6:4, 20:1
- John — 1:19, 8:4
- Acts — 4:1
- Hebrews — 7:20, 7:23, 9:6
- Revelation — 1:6, 5:10, 20:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΕΥΣ.
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.
- ΕΡΕΑ — priests, the priests
- ἸΡΕΩΣ — of a priest, of priest
- ΙΕΡΑΙΑ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΑ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΑΝ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΑΣ — priests, the priests
- ΙΕΡΕΙ — to a priest, to the priest, a priest, the priest, priests, the priests, O priests
- ΙΕΡΕΟΥ — of a priest, of the priest
- ΙΕΡΕΥ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΥΣ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΥΣΙ — (to) priests, (to) a priest
- ΙΕΡΕΥΣΙΝ — to priests, for priests
- ΙΕΡΕΩ — of a priest, of the priest, of priests
- ΙΕΡΕΩΝ — of priests
- ΙΕΡΕΩΣ — of a priest, of the priest, priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΙΣ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΩΝ — of priests, of the priests
- ΙΡΕΙΣ — priests, the priests
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