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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀρχιερεύς
ἀρχιερεύς
G749
Transliteration: archiereús
Pronunciation: ar-khee-er-yuce'
Definition: chief priest
- Original: ἀρχιερεύς - Transliteration: Archiereus - Phonetic: ar-khee-er-yuce'
- Definition:
1. chief priest, high priest
- Origin: from G746" class="dictionary-topic-link">G746 and G2409" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2409 - TDNT entry: 07:25,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G746" class="dictionary-topic-link">G746 and G2409" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2409; the high priest (literally of the Jews typically christ); by extension a chief priest: - chief (high) priest chief of the priests.