high-priest
Transliteration:
archiereus
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Male
Definition:
ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, ὁ, [in LXX for כּ'' הָרֹאשׁ,כּ'' הַגָּדוֹל,כּהֵן;] 1) high-priest: Mrk.2:26 14:47, al; of Christ: Heb.2:17 3:1, al. 2) In pl, chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:31, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297f; MM, see word). (AS)
Transliteration:
archiereus
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Male
Definition:
ἀρχῐερ-εύς, έως, ὁ:
Ionic dialect ἀρχῐέρεως, εω, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
arch-priest, chief-priest, [same places], frequently in Inscrr, νήσου[
Refs 1st c.AD+], etc:—at Rome, =
pontifex, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. μέγιστος, =
pontifex maximus, [
Refs]:—at Jerusalem,
high-priest, [
LXX+NT]
Transliteration:
archiereús
Pronounciation:
ar-khee-er-yuce'
Morphhology:
Noun Masculine
Definition:
the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest; chief (high) priest, chief of the priests; from
g746 (ἀρχή) and
g2409 (ἱερεύς);