ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΕΙΝ, ιερουργειν
IEROURGEIN, ierourgein
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roo-r-GEH-in
Translations: to minister, to perform sacred service, to officiate, to serve as a priest
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present active infinitive form of the verb Ἱερουργέω. It is a compound word derived from ἱερός (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and ἔργον (ergon), meaning 'work' or 'service'. It describes the act of performing sacred duties or religious rites, often in a priestly capacity. It can be used to describe someone who is ministering or officiating in a religious context.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G2418 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 6:166
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΗΣΑΣ — having performed sacred service, having ministered, having officiated, having sacrificed
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΗΣΕ — he ministered, he performed sacred service, he officiated, he sacrificed
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΗΣΕΙΝ — to minister, to perform sacred service, to officiate, to serve as a priest
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΗΣΕΝ — he ministered, he performed sacred service, he officiated
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΑ — ministering, performing sacred service, serving as a priest, offering
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΕΣ — performing sacred service, ministering, officiating, sacrificing
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of ministering, of performing sacred service, of officiating, of sacrificing, of serving as a priest
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΟΥΣΙΝ — they minister, they perform sacred service, they perform priestly service, they sacrifice
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