1. high priest, chief priest — The chief priest or high priest of the Jewish temple system, used both for the singular office-holder (the high priest, e.g. Caiaphas) and for the collective priestly leadership ('chief priests' in the Sanhedrin). All three clusters represent the same title in different number/case forms. Spanish uses 'sumo sacerdote' (sg) / 'sumos sacerdotes' (pl) throughout; Arabic 'رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ' (sg) / 'رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ' (pl); Korean '대제사장' uniformly; Swahili 'kuhani mkuu' (sg) / 'makuhani wakuu' (pl); Hindi 'महायाजक' throughout. S63410 is a low-frequency plural variant that matches S63408 exactly in meaning. 123×
AR["رُؤَساءَ-الكَهَنَةِ","رُؤَساءُ-الكَهَنَةِ","رُؤَساءِ-الكَهَنَةِ","رُؤَسَاءُ-الْكَهَنَةِ","رُؤَسَاءِ-الكَهَنَةِ","رُؤَسَاءِ-الْكَهَنَةِ"]·ben["প্রধান-যাজকদের","প্রধান-যাজকরা","প্রধান-যাজকেরা","প্রধানযাজকদের"]·DE["Hohepriester"]·EN["chief-priests"]·FR["grand-prêtre"]·heb["כֹּהֲנִים-הַגְּדוֹלִים","רָאשֵׁי-הַכֹּהֲנִים","רָאשֵׁי-כֹּהֲנִים","רָאשֵׁי־הַכֹּהֲנִים"]·HI["प्रमुख-यजकोन","प्रमुख-यजकोन-को","महायाजक","महायाजकों","महायाजकों-को","महायाजकों-ने"]·ID["imam-imam-kepala","imam-kepala"]·IT["sommo-sacerdote"]·jav["imam-ageng","imam-agung","imam-agung,","pangageng-imam","para-imam-agung"]·KO["대제사장들","대제사장들-에게","대제사장들-은","대제사장들-을","대제사장들-이","대제사장들과"]·PT["principais-sacerdotes","sumos-sacerdotes"]·RU["первосвященникам","первосвященниками","первосвященники","первосвященников"]·ES["principales-sacerdotes","sumos-sacerdotes"]·SW["makuhani-wakuu","na","wakuu-wa-makuhani"]·TR["baş-kâhinlerden","baş-kâhinleri","başkahinler","başkahinlere","başkâhinler","başkâhinlerden","başkâhinlere","başkâhinlerin"]·urd["سردار-کاہن","سردار-کاہنوں","سردار-کاہنوں-نے","سردار-کاہنوں-کو","سردار-کاہنوں-کی","سردار-کاہنوں-کے"]
Matt 2:4, Matt 16:21, Matt 20:18, Matt 21:15, Matt 21:23, Matt 21:45, Matt 26:3, Matt 26:14, Matt 26:47, Matt 26:59, Matt 27:1, Matt 27:3 (+38 more)
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Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)H2076 1. Qal: offer sacrifice (cultic) (116×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G0040 1. the Holy One, Holy Spirit (98×)H2931 1. ritually or morally unclean (88×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀρχῐερ-εύς, έως, ὁ: Ionic dialect ἀρχῐέρεως, εω, Refs 5th c.BC+:— arch-priest, chief-priest, [same places], frequently in Inscrr., νήσουRefs 1st c.AD+, etc.:—at Rome, = pontifex, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἀ. μέγιστος, = pontifex maximus, Refs:—at Jerusalem, high-priest, LXX+NT