ΟἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ, οἀρχιερευς
OARCHIEREUS, oarchiereus
Sounds Like: ho AR-khee-eh-REFS
Translations: the high priest, a high priest
From the root: ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, formed from 'ἀρχή' (arche), meaning 'first' or 'chief', and 'ἱερεύς' (hiereus), meaning 'priest'. It refers to the chief priest, or the highest-ranking priest, in a religious system. In the context of ancient Israel, it specifically refers to the High Priest who served in the Temple in Jerusalem. It is used to denote a singular, specific individual.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0749 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΙΕΡΑΤΙΚΟΝ — high priestly, of a high priest, sacerdotal, a high priestly thing
- ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΑ — high priest, a high priest
- ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΙ — to the high priest, a high priest, high priest
- ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣΙ — to high priests, for high priests, with high priests, high priests
- ἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ — (of) high priest, (of) chief priest
- ΤἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ — of the high priest, of a high priest
- ΤΟΝἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΑ — the high priest, a high priest
- ΤΟΥἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ — of the high priest, of a high priest
- ΤΟΥΣἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΑΣ — the high priests
- ΤΟΥΣἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΣ — the high priests, the chief priests
- ΤΩΝἈΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΝ — of the high priests, of the chief priests
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