G2406
ἱεράτευμα
priesthood
ἱεράτευμα, -τος, τό (ἱερατεύω), [in LXX: βασίλειον ἱ., Exo.19:1-25 6:1-30 (כֹּהֵן מַמְלָכָה) Exo.23:22, 2Ma.2:17 * ;] a priesthood, body of priests: ἱ ἅγιον, 1Pe.2:5; βασ. ἱ, 1Pe.2:9 (LXX, Ex, l.with).† (AS)
The KJV translates G2406 in the following manner:
priesthood (4x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἱεράτευμα — hieráteuma
ἱεράτευμα, ἱερατευματος, τό (ἱερατεύω), (priesthood i. e.)
a. the office of priest.
b. the order or body of priests (see ἀδελφότης, αἰχμαλωσία, διασπορά, θεραπεία); so Christians are called, because they have access to God and offer not external but 'spiritual' (πνευματικά) sacrifices: 1Pe 2:5; also βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, 1Pe 2:9 (after Exo 19:6, the Sept.), priests of kingly rank, i. e. exalted to a moral rank and freedom which exempts them from the control of everyone but God and Christ. (Exo 23:22, etc.; 2Ma 2:17); not found in secular authors.)
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