G749 — ἀρχιερεύς (archiereús)

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Strong's G749 (Greek)

Greek: ἀρχιερεύς (archiereús)

Pronunciation: ar-khee-er-yuce'

Derivation: from G746 and G2409;

Definition: the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest

KJV Renderings: chief (high) priest, chief of the priests

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G746 ἀρχή archḗ from G756 (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank) beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
G2409 ἱερεύς hiereús from G2413 a priest (literally or figuratively) (high) priest

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.

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