ἀρχιερεύς

Vocabulary form:

ajrciereuvV, -evwV, oJ

Definition:

chief priest, high priest

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

122

GK:

797

Root:

ajrciereu

Notes:

The two parts to this compound noun were switched in the word iJeravrchV meaning "hierarch" (sacred [iJerovV] + ruler [ajrcovV]).

Biblical Concordance

Luke 22:2	The chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) and the scribes were looking for a way how they might put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.
Luke 22:4	He went and conferred with the chief (archiereusin \| ἀρχιερεῦσιν \| dat pl masc) priests and officers about how he might deliver up Jesus to them.
Luke 22:50	And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest and cut off his right ear.
Luke 22:52	Then Jesus said to those who had come out against him — the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests and officers of the temple and elders, “Why did you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luke 22:54	Then they seized him and led him away, and brought him into the house of the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest. Peter was following at a distance.
Luke 22:66	And when day came, the council of elders of the people was assembled, both chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and scribes, and they had Jesus brought into their council chamber
Luke 23:4	Then Pilate said to the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:10	even though the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
Luke 23:13	Pilate then called together the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests, the rulers, and the people,
Luke 24:20	that our chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him.
John 7:32	The Pharisees heard the crowd secretly discussing these things about Jesus, so the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) and Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
John 7:45	Then the temple guards went back to the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
John 11:47	So the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council together and said, “What are we going to do? For this man is performing many signs.
John 11:49	But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.
John 11:51	He did not say this on his own, but being high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
John 11:57	Now the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was he should let them know, so they might arrest him.
John 12:10	So the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,
John 18:3	So Judas, having procured a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the chief (archiereōn \| ἀρχιερέων \| gen pl masc) priests and Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
John 18:10	Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
John 18:13	They took him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest that year.
John 18:15	Simon Peter was following Jesus along with another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high (archierei \| ἀρχιερεῖ \| dat sg masc) priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest,
John 18:16	but Peter remained outside at the door. So the other disciple, the one who was known to the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.
John 18:19	Meanwhile the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
John 18:22	When he said this, one of the officers standing there gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?” (archierei \| ἀρχιερεῖ \| dat sg masc)
John 18:24	Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high (archierea \| ἀρχιερέα \| acc sg masc) priest.
John 18:26	One of the servants of the high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “I saw you in the garden with him, did I not?”
John 18:35	Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
John 19:6	When the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him; for I find no basis for an accusation against him.”
John 19:15	But they shouted, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
John 19:21	Then the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”
Acts 4:6	both Annas the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the high-priestly family.
Acts 4:23	After they were released, they went to their friends and reported all that the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and the elders had said to them.
Acts 5:17	Then the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) stood up and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with indignation,
Acts 5:21	And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. But when the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) came, and those who were with him, they called together the council and all the elders of the sons of Israel and they sent to the prison to have them brought before them.
Acts 5:24	On hearing these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests were perplexed about them, wondering what this could be.
Acts 5:27	And they brought them and had them stand before the council. The high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) questioned them,
Acts 7:1	And the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) said, “Are these things true?”
Acts 9:1	But Saul, still breathing threat and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high (archierei \| ἀρχιερεῖ \| dat sg masc) priest
Acts 9:14	And here he has authority from the chief (archiereōn \| ἀρχιερέων \| gen pl masc) priests to imprison all who call on your name.”
Acts 9:21	And all who heard him were astonished and said, “Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was trying to destroy those who called on this name? And has he not come here for the very purpose of bringing them bound before the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests?”
Acts 19:14	There were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high (archiereōs \| ἀρχιερέως \| gen sg masc) priest, who were doing this.
Acts 22:5	as also the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 22:30	But on the next day, wanting to know for sure what was the accusation being made against him by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| acc pl masc) priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 23:2	At that the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
Acts 23:4	Those standing near him said, “Dare you insult God’s high (archierea \| ἀρχιερέα \| acc sg masc) priest?”
Acts 23:5	And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
Acts 23:14	These went to the chief (archiereusin \| ἀρχιερεῦσιν \| dat pl masc) priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.
Acts 24:1	And after five days the high (archiereus \| ἀρχιερεύς \| nom sg masc) priest Ananias went down with some elders and a prosecuting attorney, one Tertullus; and they laid before the governor their case against Paul.
Acts 25:2	So the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and the Jewish leaders brought formal charges against Paul, begging him
Acts 25:15	When I came to Jerusalem, the chief (archiereis \| ἀρχιερεῖς \| nom pl masc) priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a guilty verdict against him.

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