Ἀαρών G0002
Aaron; the brother of Moses, first high priest of Israel, referenced in NT as the priestly archetype.
The indeclinable Greek form of Hebrew Aharon, referring to Moses' brother and Israel's first high priest. In the New Testament, Aaron appears in contexts that ground priestly legitimacy and typology. Luke traces Elizabeth's lineage to Aaron's daughters (Luke 1:5), Stephen recounts the golden calf incident (Acts 7:40), and Hebrews invokes Aaron repeatedly as the benchmark against which Christ's superior priesthood is measured (Heb 5:4; 7:11; 9:4). The name is transliterated identically across languages — Spanish 'Aarón,' French and German 'Aaron' — reflecting its universal recognition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Aaron (Hebrew אַהֲרוֹן), Moses' brother and Israel's founding high priest. In NT usage, Aaron functions primarily as a priestly type: Hebrews argues that Jesus' priesthood surpasses the Aaronic order (Heb 5:4; 7:11), and the ark's contents include Aaron's budding rod (Heb 9:4). Luke 1:5 anchors the Baptist's priestly lineage through Aaron's line. All translations — Spanish 'Aarón,' French 'Aaron,' German 'Aaron' — preserve the name unchanged, confirming its status as a universally recognized biblical figure. 5×
AR["هَارونَ", "هَارونُ", "هَارُونَ"]·ben["হারোণ", "হারোণকে", "হারোণের"]·DE["Aaron"]·EN["Aarōn", "of-Aarōn"]·FR["Aaron"]·heb["אַהֲרֹן"]·HI["हारून", "हारोन"]·ID["Harun", "Harun,"]·IT["Aaronne", "aaron", "aarōn"]·jav["Harun", "Harun,"]·KO["아론", "아론-에게", "아론도", "아론의"]·PT["Arão", "de-Arão"]·RU["Аарон", "Аарона", "Аарону"]·ES["Aarṓn", "de-Aarōn", "de-Aarṓn"]·SW["Aarṓn", "Haruni", "ya-Haruni"]·TR["-o", "Harun", "Harun'un"]·urd["ہارون", "ہارون-کی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἀαρών (Heb. אַהֲרוֹן), indecl. (in FlJ, -ῶνος), Aaron (Exo.4:14, al.): Luk.1:5, Act.7:40, Heb.5:4, 7:11, 9:4.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)