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Strong's G2407 ἱερατεύω (hierateuo)

Hierateuo means “execute the priest's office” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2407 — chattush (“Hattush”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2407
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 13

Strong's G2407 Quick Answer

Strong's G2407 ἱερατεύω (hierateuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hierateuo (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions [prolongation from G2409] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include priest's. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hierateuo (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions [prolongation from G2409]
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
priest's

Meaning and Definition

hierateuo (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions [prolongation from G2409] KJV: execute the priest's office Root(s): G2409

Original Word
ἱερατεύω
Transliteration
hierateuo
Derivation
Root: ἱερεύς R1: 2409
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2407. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to serve as priest

Usage: ἱερατεύω (cl. = ἱεράομαι) [in LXX chiefly for כָּהַן pi. ;] to be a priest, officiate as a priest: Luk.1:8 (the word is frequently in Inscr.; see LS, see word; Deiss., BS, 215; LAE, 70; Cremer, 734).† (AS)

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How Strong's G2407 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hierateuo, 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.

priest's Luke 1:8

How Strong's G2407 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2407 (ἱερατεύω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2407 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2407 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 1:8 KJV

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

Strong's G2407 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 28:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And do thou take to thyself both Aaron thy brother, and his sons, even them of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.

Exodus 28:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And speak thou to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which apparel he shall minister to me as priest.

Exodus 28:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And these are the garments which they shall make: the breastplate, and the shoulder piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.

Strong's G2407 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 5:39 Septuagint / Brenton

And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:

1 Esdras 8:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And I bade them that they should go unto Iddo the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:

1 Maccabees 7:5 Septuagint / Brenton

there came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2407.

Exodus 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou take to thyself both Aaron thy brother, and his sons, even them of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.
Exodus 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And speak thou to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which apparel he shall minister to me as priest.
Exodus 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the garments which they shall make: the breastplate, and the shoulder piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.
Exodus 28:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus 29:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;
Exodus 29:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to me.
Exodus 30:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.
Exodus 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Aaron’s robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests,
Exodus 40:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.
Exodus 40:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.
Leviticus 7:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, their portion of the burnt offerings of the Lord, in the day in which he brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord;
Leviticus 16:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priest whomsoever they shall anoint shall make atonement, and whomsoever they shall consecrate to exercise the priestly office after his father; and he shall put on the linen robe, the holy garment.
Numbers 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
Numbers 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests’ office with Aaron their father.
Numbers 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he has brought thee near and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and do ye seek to be priests also?
Deuteronomy 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel departed from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah: there Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son was priest in his stead.
1 Kingdoms 2:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I chose the house of thy father out of all the tribes of Israel to minister to me in the priest’s office, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of thy father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel for food.
1 Chronicles 5:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Johanan begot Azariah: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests.
2 Chronicles 31:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests’ office—even those from their cities, the men in each several city who were named expressly—were appointed to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to everyone reckoned among the Levites.
Ezekiel 44:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall not draw nigh to me to minister to me in the priests’ office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor to approach my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred.
Hosea 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Luke 1:8 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
1 Esdras 5:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:
1 Esdras 8:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And I bade them that they should go unto Iddo the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
1 Maccabees 7:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
there came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
Wisdom of Sirach 45:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil; This was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant, And to his seed, so long as the heavens should remain, That they should minister unto him, and execute the office of the priesthood, And bless the people in his name.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2407, grouped by book.

Exodus 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2407 FAQ

What does hierateuo (ἱερατεύω) mean?

Hierateuo (Strong's G2407) is a Greek word most simply glossed "execute the priest's office". hierateuo (hee-er-at-yoo'-o) v. 1. to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions [prolongation from G2409]

How many times is hierateuo (ἱερατεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G2407 across 13 books.

Where can I study hierateuo (ἱερατεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2407 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hierateuo (ἱερατεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as priest's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2407 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2407, with linked reader references where each row is available.