What does ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē) mean in the Bible?
ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē): The office and function of priests, emphasizing their sacred role and authority in religious service.
Greek · G2420
ἱερωσύνη
Priesthood
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ἱερωσύνηG2420
Pronunciationhierōsýnē
What does ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē) mean in the Bible?
ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē): The office and function of priests, emphasizing their sacred role and authority in religious service.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2420?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include priesthood (3).
Where does ἱερωσύνη (hierōsýnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpriesthood3×Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:12, Hebrews 7:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowHebrews 7:11
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
Hebrews3
Source forms
ἱερωσύνης2xhierōsynēsHebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:12
ἱερωσύνην1xhierōsynēnHebrews 7:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xHebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:12
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 7:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The office and function of priests, emphasizing their sacred role and authority in religious service.
Strong'sG2420
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
priesthood
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
The office and function of priests, emphasizing their sacred role and authority in religious service.
(ἱερός), [in LXX: 1Ch.29:22 (כָּהַן), I Est.5:38, Sir.45:24, 1Ma.2:54 1Mac 3:49 1Mac 7:9 1Mac 7:21, 4Ma.5:35 4Mac 7:6 * ;] priesthood: Heb.7:11-12, 24.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 7:11Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἱερωσύνηςierwsunhv
the priestly office
Read verseHebrews 7:12Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἱερωσύνης,ierwsunhv
the priestly office
Read verseHebrews 7:14Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἱερωσύνηςierwsunhv
the priestly office
Read verseHebrews 7:24Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἱερωσύνην.ierwsunhn
the priestly office
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 7:11 · Heb 7:122×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineHeb 7:241×
Word Origins
ἱερωσύνη is built from this root:
ἱερόςG2413