King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G749 - Priest

Strong's No.:	G749

Greek:	ἀρχιερεύς

Transliteration:	archiereus

Phonetic:	ar-khee-er-yuce'

Word Origin:	From G746 and G2409

Bible Usage:	chief (high) priest chief of the priests.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

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

Thayers Definition:	1. chief priest, high priest

Bible References: Priest	Mat 26:3 Mat 26:51 Mat 26:57 Mat 26:58 Mat 26:62 Mat 26:63 Mat 26:65 Mark 2:26 Mark 14:47 Mark 14:53 Mark 14:54 Mark 14:60 Mark 14:61 Mark 14:63 Mark 14:66 Luke 22:50 Luke 22:54 John 11:49 John 11:51 John 18:10 John 18:13 John 18:15 John 18:15 John 18:16 John 18:19 John 18:22 John 18:24 John 18:26 Act 4:6 Act 5:17 Act 5:21 Act 5:27 Act 7:1 Act 9:1 Act 22:5 Act 23:2 Act 23:4 Act 23:5 Act 24:1 Act 25:2 Heb 2:17 Heb 3:1 Heb 4:14 Heb 4:15 Heb 5:1 Heb 5:5 Heb 5:10 Heb 6:20 Heb 7:26 Heb 8:1 Heb 8:3 Heb 9:7 Heb 9:11 Heb 9:25 Heb 13:11

Translation Occurrences:	priest ( 55 ) priests ( 67 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.