to serve as priest • ἱερατεύω • G2407

Lexical Definition

‎ἱερατεύω‎ hierateúō (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) to serve as priest ^G:V
prolongation from ‎ἱερεύς‎

execute the priest's office.

to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions

Usage: 9 forms in 23 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ἱερατεύειν	priestly serving	Luke.1.8
ιερατεύσωσί	they should officiate as priests	LXX.Exod.28.41
ιερατεύσουσί	they shall officiate as priests	LXX.Exod.40.15
ιερατεύσει	he shall officiate as priest	LXX.Exod.28.3 • LXX.Exod.40.13
ιερατεύσασ	officiated as priest	LXX.1Chr.6.10
ιερατεύουσιν	ones officiating as priests	LXX.2Chr.31.19
ιερατεύειν	officiate as priest	LXX.Hos.4.6
	officiating as priest	LXX.Exod.28.4 • LXX.Exod.31.10
	to officiate as priest	LXX.Exod.28.1 • LXX.Exod.29.1 • LXX.Lev.7.35 • LXX.Lev.16.32 • LXX.Num.3.3 • LXX.Num.16.10 • LXX.1Sam.2.28 • LXX.Ezek.44.13
	to officiate as priests	LXX.Exod.29.44 • LXX.Exod.30.30
ιεράτευσεν	officiated as priest	LXX.Deut.10.6 • LXX.1Chr.24.2
ιεράτευσαν	officiated as priest	LXX.Num.3.4

Abbott-Smith

ἱερατεύω (cl. = ἱεράομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כּהן pi.;]
to be a priest, officiate as a priest: Lk 1:8 (the word is freq. in Inscr.; v. LS, s.v.; Deiss., BS, 215; LAE, 70; Cremer, 734).†

Abbott-Smith References

Book	Refs
Luke	1:8

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἱερατεύω-εύω,

Ionic dialect ἱερητ- [Refs] (later also in Northern Greece, Boeotian dialect, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Lesb. ἰρητεύω [Refs]:—to be priest or priestess, θεῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Σωτῆρος [NT+4th c.BC+]:—also ἱερατεύω-εύομαι, [Refs]

__II passive, to be made holy, Zos.Alch.p.108B.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.28.1 ☩ Luke.1.8}