Greek noun (feminine) · G2420
ἱερωσύνη
hierosynehee-er-o-soo'-nay
priesthood
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hierōsýnē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2420is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2420
sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office
The King James renders it: priesthood.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hierosyne is rendered "priesthood". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 7:11Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:11ἱερωσύνης
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- priesthood3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἱερωσύνης2
- ἱερωσύνην1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Hebrews
three uses
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- ἱερωσύνηςhi'erosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: priesthood
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.
- ἱερωσύνηςhi'erosunesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: priesthood
But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
- ἱερωσύνηνhi'erosunennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: priesthood
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.