ΙΕΡΕΩΣ, ιερεως
IEREŌS, iereōs
Sounds Like: ee-eh-REH-ohss
Translations: of a priest, of the priest, priest, a priest
From the root: ΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a priest, a person who performs religious rites and sacrifices. It is a masculine noun and is used to indicate possession or origin, often translated with 'of' in English. For example, 'the house of the priest' or 'the son of the priest'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Leviticus — 21:9, 21:21, 22:4, 22:12, 22:13
- Numbers — 25:7, 25:11
- 1 Chronicles — 9:31
- 2 Esdras — 13:20, 23:13, 23:28
- Jeremiah — 6:13, 36:26
- Haggai — 1:14
- Zechariah — 6:11
- Malachi — 2:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 11:258
- Book 3 — 7:180, 9:235
- Book 6 — 6:123
- Book 11 — 5:127
- Book 14 — 8:149, 10:256
- Book 18 — 3:74
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 41:45, 41:50, 46:20
- Exodus — 3:1, 35:18, 37:19
- Leviticus — 6:23, 6:39, 13:12, 14:15, 14:18, 14:26, 14:29, 21:9, 21:21, 22:4, 22:10, 22:12, 22:13, 27:8, 27:11
- Numbers — 3:6, 3:32, 4:16, 4:28, 4:33, 5:18, 7:8, 16:39, 25:7, 25:11, 26:63, 27:2, 27:19, 27:21, 27:22, 31:6, 36:1
- Deuteronomy — 17:12
- Joshua — 17:4
- Judges — 18:20
- 1 Samuel — 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:15, 3:1
- 1 Kings — 1:7, 1:42, 2:46
- 1 Chronicles — 9:31
- 2 Chronicles — 24:2, 24:11, 24:25
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:2
- Ezra (Beta) — 7:5, 8:33
- Nehemiah — 3:20, 13:13, 13:28
- Jeremiah — 6:13, 18:18, 36:26
- Ezekiel — 7:26, 44:22
- Haggai — 1:14
- Zechariah — 6:11
- Malachi — 2:7
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
- ΙΕΡΕΙΣ — 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
- ΙΕΡΙΣ — priest, a priest
- ΙΕΩΝ — of priests, of the priests
- ΙΡΕΙΣ — priests, the priests
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