Quick Definition
the priestly office
Strong's Definition
sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office
Derivation: from G2413 (ἱερός);
KJV Usage: priesthood
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη (on the omega ὦ see ἀγαθωσύνη, init), ἱερωσύνης, ἡ (ἱερός), priesthood, the priestly office: Hebrews 7:11 f, 14 , R G, 24. (Sir_45:24; 1Es_5:38; 1Ma_2:54 1Ma_3:49; 4Ma_5:34; Herodotus, Plato, Demosthenes, Diodorus, Joseph, Plutarch, Herodian, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱερωσύνη hierōsynē 3x
a priesthood, sacerdotal office, Heb_7:11-12 ; Heb_7:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη , -ης , ἡ
( < ἱερός ),
[in LXX : 1Ch_29:22 ( H3547 ), 1Es_5:38 , Sir_45:24 , 1Ma_2:54 ; 1Ma_3:49 ; 1Ma_7:9 ; 1Ma_7:21 , 4Ma_5:35 ; 4Ma_7:6 * ;]
priesthood: Heb_7:11-12 ; Heb_7:24 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱερωσύνη [page 301]
The older form of this word was ἱερεωσύνη (from ἱερεύς ), e.g. OGIS 56 .23 (B.C. 237) τὴν ἱερεωσύνην τῶν Εὐεργετῶν θεῶν , see Dittenberger s note and cf. Mayser Gr. pp. 15, 154. For ἱερωσύνη = the priestly office, as in Heb_7:11 al. cf. Priene 174 .2 (ii/B.C.) ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱε̣ρ̣ω̣σύνην τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Φλέου , ib. 205 .2 (iii/A.D.) ἔλαχε τὴν ἱερωσύν [ην ] Ἀναξίδημος Ἀπολλων [ίου , Michel 704 .15 (ii/B.C.) ἐπρίατο τὴν ἱερωσύνην Τίμ [αιος , ib . 977 .13 (B.C. 298 7) τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἀξίως ἱερεώσατο τοῦ θεοῦ , ib. 981 .7 (B.C. 219 8) καλῶς καὶ εὐσεβῶς τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἐξήγαγεν . See also s.v. ἱερατεία , and for the abstract suffix σύνη see s.v . ἀγαθωσύνη .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη [Etym: ἱερεύς] "the office of priest, priesthood", Hdt. , attic
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(ἱερός), [in LXX: 1Ch.29:22 (כָּהַן), I Est.5:38, Sir.45:24, 1Ma.2:54 1Mac 3:49 1Mac 7:9 1Mac 7:21, 4Ma.5:35 4Mac 7:6 * ;]
priesthood: Heb.7:11-12, 24.†
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