The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἱερεύς

Lemmaἱερεύς
Citation formἱερεύς, έως, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa priest
Strong’sG2409
Transliterationhiereús
Definitiona priest (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--(high) priest.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences31

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἱερέα
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Hebrews 10:21
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Hebrews 7:11
ἱερεῖ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Matthew 8:4
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Mark 1:44
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Luke 5:14
ἱερεῖς
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Mark 2:26
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Luke 6:4
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — John 1:19
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Revelation 1:6
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Revelation 5:10
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 12:5
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Acts 4:1
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Hebrews 7:20
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Hebrews 7:23
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Hebrews 9:6
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Revelation 20:6
ἱερεύς
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 1:5
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 10:31
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 8:4
ἱερεὺς
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Acts 14:13
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 10:11
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 5:6
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 7:1
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 7:15
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 7:17
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 7:21
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 7:3
ἱερεῦσιν
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Matthew 12:4
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Luke 17:14
ἱερέων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Acts 6:7
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Hebrews 7:14

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ιερευς.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἱερεύς with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.