Quick Definition
I minister in holy things
Strong's Definition
to be a temple-worker, i.e. officiate as a priest (figuratively)
Derivation: from a compound of G2411 (ἱερόν) and the base of G2041 (ἔργον);
KJV Usage: minister
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱερουργέω, ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred things; to perform sacred rites (Philo, Herodian); used especially of persons sacrificing (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4, etc.); translated, to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly service: τόν νόμον, of those who defend the sanctity of the law by undergoing a violent death, 4Ma_7:8; τό εὐαγγέλιον, of the preaching of the gospel, Rom_15:16 (where Fritzsche treats the word fully; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 222f (209))).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱερουργέω hierourgeō 1x
to officiate as priest, perform sacred rites; in NT to minister in a divine commission, Rom_15:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† ἱερουργέω , -ῶ
( < ἱερουργός , a sacrificing priest ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_7:3 R (of. -γία , 4Mac 3:30 ΰ R ) * ;]
to perform sacred rites; c . acc , to minister in priestly service ( minister in sacrifice, R , mg .), τὸ εὐαγγέλιον , Rom_15:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱερουργέω [page 301]
ἱερουργέω should receive the full force of sacrifice in Rom_15:16 , the only place where it occurs in the NT : cf. Field Notes , p. 165 and SH ad l. The subst. is used in the wider sense of a sacred function in P Tebt II. 293 .20 ( c. A.D. 187) a report on an application for circumcision διὰ [τ ]ὸ μὴ δύνασθαι τὰς ἱε [ρου ]ργίας ἐκτελεῖν εἰ μὴ τοῦτ [ο γενήσετα ]ι , ib. 294 .24 (A.D. 146) ἵνα καὶ αἱ ὀφίλ [ο ]υσαι ἱερουργίαι τῶν σε φιλούντων θεῶν ἐπιτελῶνται : cf. also P Par 69 E. .14 (A.D. 233) συ ]νηθῶν ἱερουργιῶν Δι [ὶ . . . . γει ]νομένων . In Syll 644 .3 (end of iii/B.C.) reference is made τοῖς ἱερουργοῖς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τῆς Ἰτωνίας , who are described by Dittenberger as collegium eorum qui sacris Minervae Itoniae intererant.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἱερουργέω ἱερουργέω, φυτ. -ήσω [Etym: from ἱερουργός] "to perform sacred rites": c. acc., ἱερ. τὸ εὐαγγέλιον "to minister" the gospel, NTest. ; so in Mid., ἱερουργίας ἱερουργεῖσθαι Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἱερουργέω, -ῶ
(ἱερουργός, a sacrificing priest) [in LXX: 4Ma.7:3 R (of. -γία, 4Mac 3:30 א R)* ;]
to perform sacred rites; with accusative, to minister in priestly service (minister in sacrifice, R, mg.), τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, Rom.15:16.†
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