noun · feminine
hierōsunas
Greekἱερωσύνη (hierōsunē)
Strong’sG2420
the priestly office
stem hierōsun-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἱερωσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< ἱερός), [in LXX: I Ch 29:22 (כּהן), I Es 5:38, Si 45:24, I Mac 2:54 3:49 7:9, 21, IV Mac 5:35 7:6*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2420 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-er-o-soo'-nay
sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office
Fromfrom G2413;
King Jamespriesthood.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hierōsunas | hierōsunais |
| object accusative | hierōsunan1×ἱερωσύνην | hierōsunain |
| direct address vocative | hierōsunar | hierōsunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hierōsunau2×ἱερωσύνης | hierōsunaiu |
| to, for dative | hierōsuna | hierōsunai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hierōsuna 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
hierōsunan“priesthood”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 7:24“priesthood”tos de dia tem menarō auton eis ton aiōnon aparabatan echatō tan hierōsunan;But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
hierōsunau“priesthood”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Hebrews 7:11“priesthood”Ei men oun teleiōsias dia tau Levitikau hierōsunau ate, tos laos gar epi autau nomothetitē, tinas ēti chreias kata tan taxian Melchisedek heteron anistanerō hierevon kai ouk kata tan taxian Aarōn legirō?Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood ( for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear — one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12“priesthood”metatithirōtau gar tau hierōsunau ek anankau kai nomou metathesias ginetō.For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.