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Strong's G2409 ἱερεύς (hiereus)

Hiereus means “priest” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2409 — chattaya (“sin offering”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2409
Language Greek
Linked Usages 798
Books 50

Strong's G2409 Quick Answer

Strong's G2409 ἱερεύς (hiereus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hiereus (hee-er-yooce') n. 1. a priest {literally or figuratively} It has 798 linked Bible usages across 50 books. Visible English usage signals include priest, altar, offering, skin, and lord. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hiereus (hee-er-yooce') n. 1. a priest {literally or figuratively}
Usage
798 linked usages
Books
50 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
priest, altar, offering, skin, and lord

Meaning and Definition

hiereus (hee-er-yooce') n. 1. a priest {literally or figuratively} [from G2413] KJV: (high) priest Root(s): G2413

Original Word
ἱερεύς
Transliteration
hiereus
Derivation
Root: ἱερός R1: 2413
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2409. 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)

priest

Usage: ἱερεύς, -έως, ὁ (ἱερός), [in LXX for כָּהֵן ;] a priest: ἱ. τ. Διός, Act.14:13; of Jewish priests, Mat.8:4 12:4-5, Mrk.1:44 2:26, Luk.1:5 5:14, Jhn.1:19, Heb.8:4, al.; of Christ, Heb.5:6 (LXX) Heb.10:21; of Christians, Rev.1:6 5:10 20:6 (Cremer, 293; on the accusative pl., ἱερεῖς, see Thack., Gr., 147 f.; Bl., § 8, 2) (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

priest altar offering skin lord burnt plague blood look sons leprosy priests

How Strong's G2409 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 654 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 G2409 (ἱερεύς) appears 873 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2409 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 G2409 in the New Testament

30 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2409 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

654 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

Genesis 41:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.

Genesis 41:50 Septuagint / Brenton

And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

Strong's G2409 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

114 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2409.

Genesis 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.
Genesis 41:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.
Genesis 41:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.
Genesis 46:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, even Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh; Shuthelah, and Tahan. And the sons of Shuthelah; Eran.
Genesis 47:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
Genesis 47:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharaoh, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharaoh’s.
Exodus 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.
Exodus 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he brought the sheep nigh to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Horeb.
Exodus 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jethro the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 19:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.
Exodus 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.
Exodus 29:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days.
Exodus 35:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Exodus 36:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 37:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was the construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Leviticus 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which is at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall put fire on the altar, and shall pile wood on the fire.
Leviticus 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, the wood which is on the altar.
Leviticus 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the entrails and the feet they shall wash in water, and the priests shall put all on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.
Leviticus 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the parts and put them on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron: and having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: it is a sacrifice, an odor of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer the sacrifice which he shall make of these to the Lord, and shall bring it to the priest.
Leviticus 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall approach the altar, and shall take away from the sacrifice a memorial of it, and the priest shall place it on the altar: a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer the memorial of it taken from the grains with the oil, and all its frankincense: it is a burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt offerings round about.
Leviticus 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer them on the altar on the burnt offering, on the wood which is on the fire upon the altar: it is a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the priest shall offer these on the altar: it is a sacrifice of sweet savor, a burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer it upon the altar: it is a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
Leviticus 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the anointed priest who has been consecrated having received of the blood of the calf, shall then bring it into the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, over against the holy veil.
Leviticus 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as he takes it away from the calf of the sacrifice of peace offering, so shall the priest offer it on the altar of burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the anointed priest shall bring in of the blood of the calf into the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall dip his finger into some of the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall do to the calf as he did to the calf of the sin offering, so shall it be done; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and the trespass shall be forgiven them.
Leviticus 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings.
Leviticus 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar.
Leviticus 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body.
Leviticus 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall make the second a whole burnt offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest having taken a handful of it, shall lay the memorial of it on the altar of whole burnt offerings to the Lord; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, which he has sinned in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and that which is left shall be the priest’s, as an offering of fine flour.
Leviticus 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall make compensation for that wherein he has sinned in the holy things; and he shall add the fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of transgression, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, valued at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it.
Leviticus 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burned, which the fire shall have consumed, even the whole burnt offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar.
Leviticus 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace offering.
Leviticus 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.
Leviticus 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The anointed priest who is in his place, one of his sons, shall offer it: it is a perpetual statute, it shall all be consumed.
Leviticus 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every sacrifice of a priest shall be thoroughly burned, and shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male among the priests shall eat it: it is most holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer them on the altar a burnt offering to the Lord; it is for trespass.
Leviticus 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy.
Leviticus 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the sin offering, so also is the trespass offering. There is one law of them; the priest who shall make atonement with it, his it shall be.
Leviticus 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the priest who offers a man’s whole burnt offering, the skin of the whole burnt offering which he offers, shall be his.
Leviticus 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every sacrifice which shall be prepared in the oven, and every one which shall be prepared on the hearth, or on a frying pan, it is the property of the priest that offers it; it shall be his.
Leviticus 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord: it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace offering.
Leviticus 7:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons,
Leviticus 7:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye shall give the right shoulder for a choice piece to the priest of your sacrifices of peace offering.
Leviticus 7:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have taken the wave breast and shoulder of separation from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons, a perpetual ordinance due from the children of Israel.
Leviticus 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the days of her purification shall have been fulfilled for a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole burnt offering, and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the door of the tabernacle of witness, to the priest.
Leviticus 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female.
Leviticus 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if she cannot afford a lamb, then shall she take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a whole burnt offering, and one for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be purified.
Leviticus 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;
Leviticus 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot remains before him, if the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days.
Leviticus 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.
Leviticus 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest,
Leviticus 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
Leviticus 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest;
Leviticus 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—
Leviticus 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it is a leprosy waxing old in the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall separate him, because he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wheresoever the priest shall look;
Leviticus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.
Leviticus 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy.
Leviticus 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the sound flesh be restored and changed to white, then shall he come to the priest;
Leviticus 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall see him, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or one looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest;
Leviticus 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it be not below the skin of the flesh, and it be dark-colored; then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest should look, and, behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the bright spot remain stationary, and be not spread in the skin, but the sore should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation.
Leviticus 13:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.
Leviticus 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart him that has the plague of the scurf seven days.
Leviticus 13:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;
Leviticus 13:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days.
Leviticus 13:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.
Leviticus 13:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 13:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look; and, behold, there being bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it bursts forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean.
Leviticus 13:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,
Leviticus 13:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.
Leviticus 13:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.
Leviticus 13:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart that which has the plague seven days.
Leviticus 13:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus 13:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin,
Leviticus 13:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall give directions, and one shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.
Leviticus 13:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
Leviticus 13:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin.
Leviticus 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.
Leviticus 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.
Leviticus 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
Leviticus 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2409, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 160 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
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Numbers 63 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 28 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 36 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 72 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 33 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 5 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 4 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 12 usages, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 42 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 19 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 14 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2409 FAQ

What does hiereus (ἱερεύς) mean?

Hiereus (Strong's G2409) is a Greek word most simply glossed "priest". hiereus (hee-er-yooce') n. 1. a priest {literally or figuratively}

How many times is hiereus (ἱερεύς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 798 linked usages for Strong's G2409 across 50 books.

Where can I study hiereus (ἱερεύς) in context?

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What English words translate hiereus (ἱερεύς)?

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Does Strong's G2409 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

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