hiereus · priest

What it means

hiereus (ἱερεύς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “priest”.

One who offered the sacrifices in the temple.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One who offered sacrifices to God in the temple.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• priest ×16
• priests ×15

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×5
• John×1
• Acts×3
• Hebrews×14
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 8:4

  And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Matthew 12:4

  how he entered into the house of God and they ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests alone?

• Matthew 12:5

  Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are innocent?

• Mark 1:44

  and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Mark 2:26

  how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?”

• Luke 1:5

  There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

• Luke 5:14

  And he ordered him to tell no one: “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Luke 6:4

  how he entered into the house of God and, taking the bread of the presentation, ate and gave it to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”

• Luke 10:31

  Now by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

• Luke 17:14

  And seeing them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.

• John 1:19

  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

• Acts 4:1

  And while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

• Acts 6:7

  And the word of God kept growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying greatly, and a great crowd of the priests were obeying the faith.

• Acts 14:13

  And the priest of Zeus whose temple was in front of the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

• Hebrews 5:6

  as he also says in another place: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.

• Hebrews 7:1

  For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,

• Hebrews 7:3

  without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

• Hebrews 7:11

  Now if perfection had been through the Levitical priesthood —for on the basis of it the people received the law— what further need would there have been for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not to be named according to the order of Aaron?

• Hebrews 7:14

  For it is evident that our Lord has sprung from Judah, a tribe in reference to which Moses said nothing about priests.

• Hebrews 7:15

  And it is even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

• Hebrews 7:17

  For it is testified: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.

• Hebrews 7:20

  And inasmuch as it was not without an oath —for those others have become priests without an oath,

• Hebrews 7:21

  but this one with an oath, through the one who said to him: The Lord has sworn and will not relent: You are a priest forever—

• Hebrews 7:23

  And they have become priests in great numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing;

• Hebrews 8:4

  So if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

• Hebrews 9:6

  With these things thus prepared, the priests go continually into the first tent performing the acts of worship;

• Hebrews 10:11

  And every priest stands daily ministering and offering many times the same sacrifices, which can never remove sins.

• Hebrews 10:21

  and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

• Revelation 1:6

  and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be the glory and the might to the ages of the ages. Amen.

• Revelation 5:10

  and you made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they reign on the earth.”

• Revelation 20:6

  Happy and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.