Greek word study

ἀρχιερεύςarchiereús high priest, chief priest

high priest, chief priest.

Translated in the King James as: chief (high) priest, chief of the priests

Appears 122 times in Scripture

Origin: from G746 (ἀρχή) and G2409 (ἱερεύς);

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Where it appears

Matthew 25×
Matt 2:4Matt 16:21Matt 20:18Matt 21:15Matt 21:23Matt 21:45Matt 26:3Matt 26:14Matt 26:47Matt 26:51Matt 26:57Matt 26:58Matt 26:59Matt 26:62Matt 26:63Matt 26:65Matt 27:1Matt 27:3Matt 27:6Matt 27:12Matt 27:20Matt 27:41Matt 27:62Matt 28:11+ 1 more in Matthew
Mark 22×
Mark 2:26Mark 8:31Mark 10:33Mark 11:18Mark 11:27Mark 14:1Mark 14:10Mark 14:43Mark 14:47Mark 14:53Mark 14:54Mark 14:55Mark 14:60Mark 14:61Mark 14:63Mark 14:66Mark 15:1Mark 15:3Mark 15:10Mark 15:11Mark 15:31+ 1 more in Mark
Luke 15×
Luke 3:2Luke 9:22Luke 19:47Luke 20:1Luke 20:19Luke 22:2Luke 22:4Luke 22:50Luke 22:52Luke 22:54Luke 22:66Luke 23:4Luke 23:10Luke 23:13Luke 24:20
John 21×
John 7:32John 7:45John 11:47John 11:49John 11:51John 11:57John 12:10John 18:3John 18:10John 18:13John 18:15John 18:16John 18:19John 18:22John 18:24John 18:26John 18:35John 19:6John 19:15John 19:21+ 1 more in John
Acts 22×
Acts 4:6Acts 4:23Acts 5:17Acts 5:21Acts 5:24Acts 5:27Acts 7:1Acts 9:1Acts 9:14Acts 9:21Acts 19:14Acts 22:5Acts 22:30Acts 23:2Acts 23:4Acts 23:5Acts 23:14Acts 24:1Acts 25:2Acts 25:15Acts 26:10Acts 26:12
Hebrews 17×
Heb 2:17Heb 3:1Heb 4:14Heb 4:15Heb 5:1Heb 5:5Heb 5:10Heb 6:20Heb 7:26Heb 7:27Heb 7:28Heb 8:1Heb 8:3Heb 9:7Heb 9:11Heb 9:25Heb 13:11

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.