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ἀρχιερεύς

Transliteration: archiereus · noun

122x in NTFirst: Matt 2:4
Meaninghigh priest, chief priest
Part of speechnoun
Frequency122x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἀρχιερεῖς, ἀρχιερέων, ἀρχιερεῦσιν, ἀρχιερέως, ἀρχιερέα, ἀρχιερεὺς, ἀρχιερεῖ, ἀρχιερεύς
Example versesMatt 2:4 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 20:18 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 21:23
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What kind of word is ἀρχιερεύς?

ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus) is a noun that occurs 122 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “high priest, chief priest” and first appears in Matt 2:4.

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