ἱερατεύω; (from ἱεράομαι and the verbal adjective ἱερατος, though this adjective does not occur); to be priest, discharge the priest's office, be busied in sacred duties: Luk_1:8. (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1; Herodian, 5, 6, 6 (3 edition, Bekker); Pausanias, Heliodorus, Inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott); the Sept. for λΔΜδΕο.)

ἱερατεύω hierateuō 1x to officiate as a priest, perform sacred rites, Luk_1:8

ἱερατεύω ( cl . = ἱεράομαι ), [in LXX chiefly for H3547 pi .;] to be a priest, officiate as a priest: Luk_1:8 (the word is freq . in Inscr .; v. LS , s.v. ; Deiss., BS , 215; LAE , 70; Cremer , 734).†

ἱερατεύω [page 300] Early evidence for this word from the inscrr. is afforded by OGIS 90 .51 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) τῶν θεῶν ὧν ἱερατεύσουσιν , Magn 178 .6 (ii/B.C.) ἱέραιαν Ἀρτέμιδος Λευκοφρυηνῆς ἱερατεύσασαν , Priene 177 (ii/B.C.) Ἀθηνόπολις Κυδίμου ἱερητεύων (for the form cf. Thumb Hellen. p. 68) Διονύσωι , etc. The writers of the LXX and Luke (1 .8 ) were, therefore, only applying to the rites of the Jewish religion a term already current in the pagan world : see further Deissmann BS p. 2 1 5 f., Anz Subsidia , p. 370 f., Thieme, p. 15, Rouffiac Recherches , p. 66 f., and Poland Vereinswesen , p. 347 n .2 . The only example we can cite from the papyri is P Giss I, 11 .10 (A.D. 118) ὥστε εἱερατεύειν τοῦ χειρεισμοῦ τῶν κυβερνητ (ῶν ), where see the editor s note : the gen., which is similar to that after ἐπιμελοῦμαι , κήδομαι , ἐπιστατῶ , etc., is sometimes varied by the dat. commodi as in Priene 177 ( supra ).

ἱερατεύω ἱερα_τεύω, φυτ. -σω [Etym: ἱερεύς] "to be a priest", NTest.

ἱερατεύω (cl. = ἱεράομαι) [in LXX chiefly for כָּהַן pi. ;] to be a priest, officiate as a priest: Luk.1:8 (the word is frequently in Inscr.; see LS, see word; Deiss., BS, 215; LAE, 70; Cremer, 734).† (AS)