749 - archiereus

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἀρχιερεύς
Transliteration: archiereus
Definition (short): high-priest
Definition (full): high priest

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from archó and hiereus
Definition: high priest
NASB Translation: chief priest (1), chief priests (64), high priest (53), high priest's (1), high priesthood (1), high priests (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From arche and hiereus; the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest -- chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.

see GREEK arche

see GREEK hiereus

KJV: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
NASB: Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
KJV: From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
NASB: From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.
KJV: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
NASB: "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,
KJV: And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
NASB: But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
KJV: And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
NASB: When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"