ἀρχιερεῖς

archiereús

chief priests

Principal priest; one occupying the highest priestly office in a religious system, most frequently designating the person who holds authority over the cultic activities or serves as presiding official among priests. In the context of Second Temple Judaism, refers specifically to the chief priest who presided over the Jerusalem Temple. Can also refer, by extension, to leading members of the priestly aristocracy, especially in the plural, denoting senior priests with political or supervisory power.

G749

Acts 4:23 · Word #13

Lexicon G749

Lemmaἀρχιερεύς
Transliterationarchiereús
Strong'sG749
DefinitionPrincipal priest; one occupying the highest priestly office in a religious system, most frequently designating the person who holds authority over the cultic activities or serves as presiding official among priests. In the context of Second Temple Judaism, refers specifically to the chief priest who presided over the Jerusalem Temple. Can also refer, by extension, to leading members of the priestly aristocracy, especially in the plural, denoting senior priests with political or supervisory power.

Morphology N NOM M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phrasechief priests
Literalchief-priests

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀρχιερεύς
Strong'sG749

SIBI-P1 Translation G749-03

principal priests

Morphological NotesNoun, accusative masculine plural (Gr,N,,,,,AMP): refers to multiple male persons functioning as chief or ruling priests; accusative case marks them as grammatical object.
Rendering RationaleThe compound joins ἀρχή (ruler, authority) with ἱερεύς (priest), denoting those who hold governing or highest priestly authority. The accusative masculine plural form is reflected in the simple English plural “principal priests.”

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