1. priest — A priest, one who performs sacred rites and offers sacrifices; in the NT used of Jewish priests serving in the Jerusalem temple (Zechariah, those who examined healed lepers), the high priest's associates, and metaphorically of Christ as priest after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews). Multilingual evidence treats singular and plural uniformly: Spanish 'sacerdote/sacerdotes', Hindi 'yajak/yajakon', Arabic 'kahinun/kahanatan', Korean 'jesajang/jesajangdeuri', Swahili 'kuhani/makuhani'. The singular (N-DMS, N-NMS, N-AMS) and plural (N-DMP, N-NMP, N-AMP, N-GMP) forms are number inflection of one sense. 31×
AR["-الكَهَنَةِ","الكَهَنَةُ","كاهِنٌ","كاهِنُ","كاهِنِ","كَاهِن","كَاهِنًا","كَاهِنٌ","كَاهِنُ","كَهَنَةً","كَهَنَةَ","كَهَنَةِ"]·ben["পুরোহিত","যাজক","যাজককে","যাজকদের","যাজকরা"]·DE["Priester"]·EN["a-priest","priest","priests"]·FR["prêtre","sacrificateur"]·heb["כֹּהֲנִים","כֹּהֵן","כֹּהֵן-"]·HI["पुजारी","यजक","यजकोन-को","याजक","याजक,","याजक-को","याजकों","याजकों-को।"]·ID["Imam","imam","imam-imam","itu","para-imam"]·IT["sacerdote"]·jav["Imam","imam","imam.","para-imam"]·KO["제사장","제사장-이","제사장들","제사장들-과","제사장들에게","제사장들에게만","제사장들이","제사장에게","제사장으로","제사장을","제사장이","제사장이라","제사장이시니"]·PT["sacerdote","sacerdotes"]·RU["Священника","жрец","священник","священникам","священники","священников","священником","священнику","священнику,"]·ES["sacerdote","sacerdotes","un-sacerdote"]·SW["kuhani","kuhani,","makuhani"]·TR["-","kahine","kahini","kahinin","kahinler","kahinlere","kahinsın","kâhin","kâhine","kâhini","kâhinlere"]·urd["کاہن","کاہنوں-کو"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἱερ-εύς [ῐ], έως, Ionic dialect -ῆος, Refs 2nd c.BC+:—Ionic dialect nominative ἱρεύς Refs 8th c.BC+: Doric dialect ἱᾰρεύς Refs; accusative plural τὸς ἱαρές Refs:— also ἱέρεως (Attic dialect and proparoxytone accusative to Refs 4th c.BC+; genitive ἱέρεω Refs 3rd c.BC+; dative ἵρεῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; accusative ἱέρεω Refs 2nd c.BC+: ἱερής Refs 4th c.BC+ ἱαρής Refs 4th c.BC+: (ἱερός):—priest,…