verb
hierateuamō
Strong’sG2407
I serve as priest
stem hierateu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἱερατεύω
(cl. = ἱεράομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כּהן pi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2407 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-er-at-yoo'-o
to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions
Fromprolongation from G2409;
King Jamesexecute the priest's office.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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 ἱερᾱτ-εύομαι, Refs
II passive, to be made holy, Zos.Alch.p.108B.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hierateuarōἱερατεύειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | serving as priest | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierateuamō | hierateuame | hierateuami | hierateuama | hierateuamē | hierateuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hierateuasō | hierateuase | hierateuasi | hierateuasa | hierateuasē | hierateuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierateuatō | hierateuate | hierateuati | hierateuata | hierateuatē | hierateuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hierateuanō | hierateuane | hierateuani | hierateuana | hierateuanē | hierateuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierateuavō | hierateuave | hierateuavi | hierateuava | hierateuavē | hierateuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hierateualō | hierateuale | hierateuali | hierateuala | hierateualē | hierateualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierateuameiō | hierateuameia | hierateuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hierateuaseiō | hierateuaseia | hierateuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierateuateiō | hierateuateia | hierateuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hierateuaneiō | hierateuaneia | hierateuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierateuaveiō | hierateuaveia | hierateuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hierateualeiō | hierateualeia | hierateualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hierateuasōr | hierateuasar | hierateuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierateuatōr | hierateuatar | hierateuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierateuavōr | hierateuavar | hierateuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hierateualōr | hierateualar | hierateualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierateuamoiō | hierateuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hierateuasoiō | hierateuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierateuatoiō | hierateuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hierateuanoiō | hierateuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierateuavoiō | hierateuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hierateualoiō | hierateualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hierateuarō1×ἱερατεύειν | hierateuari | hierateuara | hierateuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hierateuarōntos | hierateuarintos | hierateuarantos | hierateuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hierateu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hierateuarō“serving as priest”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Luke 1:8Geneta de en te hierateuarō auton en ta taxia tau efēmeriau …… was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,