ἱερατεία (WH ἱερατια; cf. Iota), ἱερατείας, ἡ (ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Luk_1:9; Heb_7:5. (the Sept. for λΐΜδΛπΘΜδ; Aristotle, pol. 7, 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Boeckh, Inscriptions ii., pp. 127, 23; 363, 27.)

ἱερατεία hierateia 2x priesthood, sacerdotal office, Luk_1:9 ; Heb_7:5

ἱερατεία ( WH , -ία ), -ας , ἡ ( < ἱερατεύω ), [in LXX for H3547 pi ., H3550 ( Exo_29:9 , al .), exc . Hos_3:4 ( H646 ) * ;] priesthood, office of priest: Luk_1:9 , Heb_7:5 .†

ἱερατεία (-τία ) [page 300] ἱερατεία (-τία ) of the actual service of a priest ( Luk_1:9 , Heb_7:5 ) as distinguished from the more abstract ἱερωσύνη ( Heb_7:11 al.) may be illustrated from Priene 139 .7 (before B.C. 335) περὶ τῆς δίκης τῆς γενομένης περὶ τῆς ἱερατείης τοῦ Διός . The distinction, however, frequently disappears : cf. e.g. P Tebt II. 298 .14 (A.D. 107 8) where certain priests pay 52 drachmae ὑπὲρ . . τῆς ἱερατεία [ς , Syll 601 .5 (iii/B.C.) ὁ ] πριάμε [νο ]ς [τὴ ]ν ἱερητείαν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς ΙΙεργαίας πα [ρέξ ]εται ἱέρειαν ἀστὴν κτλ ., and OGIS 90 .52 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) καὶ καταχωρίσαι εἰς πάντας τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς . . . [τὴν ] ἱερατείαν αὐτοῦ , and that his priesthood shall be entered upon all formal documents (Mahaffy). See further s.v. ἱερωσύνη . The adj. ἱερατικός is used of priestly descent in P Tebt II. 293 .13 ( c. A.D. 187) ἐ ]πιζητοῦντί σοι εἰ ἔστιν ἱ [ερα ]τικοῦ [γέ ]νους , and in ib. 291 .48 (A.D. 162) where a priest claims to be γένους ἱερατικ [ο ]ῦ on the ground of his knowledge of hieratic and Egyptian writing .41 ff. ἀπ ]ο̣δε̣ι̣ξι̣ν δοὺς τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι [ἱε ]ρατικὰ [καὶ ] Αἰγύπτια γ̣ράμ [ματ ]α ἐξ ἧς οἱ ἱερογραμματεῖς προήνεν̣καν βίβλου ἱερατικῆς .

ἱερατεία ἱερα_τεία, ἡ, "the priest's office, priesthood", Arist. , NTest.

ἱερατεία (WH, -ία), -ας, ἡ (ἱερατεύω), [in LXX for כָּהַן pi., כְּהֻנָּה (Exo.29:9, al.), exc. Hos.3:4 (אֵפוֹד)* ;] priesthood, office of priest: Luk.1:9, Heb.7:5.† (AS)