Hierateuma means “priesthood” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2406 — chittah (“wheat”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2406 ἱεράτευμα (hierateuma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hierateuma (hee-er-at'-yoo-mah) n. 1. the priestly fraternity, i.e. sacerdotal order (figuratively) [from G2407] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include priesthood. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
hierateuma (hee-er-at'-yoo-mah) n. 1. the priestly fraternity, i.e. sacerdotal order (figuratively) [from G2407] KJV: priesthood Root(s): G2407
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2406. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
priesthood
Usage: ἱεράτευμα, -τος, τό (ἱερατεύω), [in LXX: βασίλειον ἱ., Exo.19:1-25 6:1-30 (כֹּהֵן מַמְלָכָה) Exo.23:22, 2Ma.2:17 * ;] a priesthood, body of priests: ἱ ἅγιον, 1Pe.2:5; βασ. ἱ, 1Pe.2:9 (LXX, Ex, l.with).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hierateuma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2406 (ἱεράτευμα) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
We hope also, that the God, that delivered all his people, and gave them all a heritage, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2406.
And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
We hope also, that the God, that delivered all his people, and gave them all a heritage, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2406, grouped by book.
Hierateuma (Strong's G2406) is a Greek word most simply glossed "priesthood". hierateuma (hee-er-at'-yoo-mah) n. 1. the priestly fraternity, i.e. sacerdotal order (figuratively) [from G2407]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G2406 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2406 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as priesthood. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2406, with linked reader references where each row is available.