ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΕΣ, ιερουργουντες
IEROURGOUNTES, ierourgountes
Sounds Like: ee-eh-roo-r-GOON-tes
Translations: performing sacred service, ministering, officiating, sacrificing
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'performing sacred service' or 'ministering'. It describes someone who is actively engaged in religious rites or priestly duties, such as offering sacrifices or leading worship. It is a compound word derived from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'ἔργον' (ergon), meaning 'work' or 'deed'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G2418 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΥΡΓΕΙΝ — to minister, to perform sacred service, to officiate, to serve as a priest
- 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
- 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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