King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G749 - Priests

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: Priests	Mat 2:4 Mat 16:21 Mat 20:18 Mat 21:15 Mat 21:23 Mat 21:45 Mat 26:3 Mat 26:14 Mat 26:47 Mat 26:59 Mat 27:1 Mat 27:3 Mat 27:6 Mat 27:12 Mat 27:20 Mat 27:41 Mat 27:62 Mat 28:11 Mark 8:31 Mark 10:33 Mark 11:18 Mark 11:27 Mark 14:1 Mark 14:10 Mark 14:43 Mark 14:53 Mark 14:55 Mark 15:1 Mark 15:3 Mark 15:10 Mark 15:11 Mark 15:31 Luke 9:22 Luke 19:47 Luke 20:1 Luke 20:19 Luke 22:2 Luke 22:4 Luke 22:52 Luke 22:66 Luke 23:4 Luke 23:10 Luke 23:13 Luke 23:23 Luke 24:20 John 7:32 John 7:45 John 11:47 John 11:57 John 12:10 John 18:3 John 18:35 John 19:6 John 19:15 John 19:21 Act 4:23 Act 5:24 Act 9:14 Act 9:21 Act 19:14 Act 22:30 Act 23:14 Act 25:15 Act 26:10 Act 26:12 Heb 7:27 Heb 7:28

Translation Occurrences:	priest ( 55 ) priests ( 67 )

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