Quick Definition
ἱερωσύνη, ης, ἡ n.f. the priestly office
Strong's Definition
from 2413; sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office
KJV Usage: priesthood
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη [on the w see ἀγαθωσύνη, init. ],-ys, 7, (ἱερός), priesthood, the priestly office: Heb. vii. 11 sq. 14 RG, 24. (Sir. xlv. 24; 1 Esdr. v. 38; 1 Mace. ii. 54; 111. 49; 4 Mace. v. 34; Hdt., Plat., Dem., Diod., Joseph., Plut., Hdian., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱερωσύνη hierōsynē 3x
a priesthood, sacerdotal office, Heb. 7:11, 12, 24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< ἱερός), [in LXX: I Ch 29:22 (כּהן), I Es 5:38, Si 45:24, I Mac 2:54 3:49 7:9, 21, IV Mac 5:35 7:6*;]
priesthood: He 7:11, 12, 24.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱερωσύνη. The older form of this word was ἱερεωσύνη (from ἱερεύς), e.g. OGIS 567° (B.c. 237) τὴν ἱερεωσύνην τῶν Evepyerav θεῶν, see Dittenberger’s note and cf. Mayser Gr. pp. 15, 154. For ἱερωσύνη = ‘‘the priestly office,” as in Heb 71} αἱ. cf, Priene 174° (ii/B 6.) ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Φλέου, 74. 2055 (iii/A.D.) ἔλαχε, τὴν ἱερωσύν[ην] ᾿Αναξίδημος ᾿Απολλων[ίου, Michel 7045 (ii/B.c.) ἐπρίατο τὴν ἱερωσύνην Tipfatos, 2. 977)% (B.C. 298-7) τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἀξίως ἱερεώσατο τοῦ θεοῦ, 7. 9817 (B.c. 219-8) καλῶς καὶ εὐσεβῶς τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἐξήγαγεν. See also s.v. ἱερατεία, and for the abstract suffix—ovvy see 5.0. ἀγαθωσύνη. > Inaods. As showing that the name "Ingots, the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, was widely spread amongst the Jews both before and after the beginning of the Christian era, we may cite such passages as P Oxy IV. 816, the fragment of an account written before the end of i/B.c., where Js ᾿Ισιδώρου καὶ Ἰησοῦς occurs; P Lond 1119a? (a census-return— A.D. 105) (=III. p. 25) τῆς ᾿Ιησοῦτος μητ(ρὸς) Tal ; and an ostrakon of A.D. 103-4 registering the poll-tax of a Jew described as Σαμβαθίω(ν) ὁ καὶ Incots Παπίου (Archiv vi. p. 220: cf. Meyer Ostr. p. 150 with Deissmann’s note). In the magical P Par 5741%3 (iii/A.p.) (= Se/ectzons, p. 113) *Incots me Χριστὸς πι ἅγιος v πνεῦμα, ‘Jesus the Christ, the holy one, the spirit,”’ is invoked to drive the demon out
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱερωσύνη (hierōsunē) — priesthood. ἱερ-ωσύνη, in Attic dialect Inscrr. ἱερεωσύνη [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἡ:— priesthood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, priestly services, sacrifices, [Refs 5th c.BC+]