Luke 1:5:9Luke.1.5.W9PAT
ἱερεύς
hiereus
“priest”
- Transliteration
- hi-e-REUS
- Extended
- hi-e-REUS
- IPA
- /hi.e.ˈreus/
Meaning by language
- English
- priest
- French
- prêtre
- Spanish
- sacerdote
- Portuguese
- sacerdote
- German
- Priester
- Russian
- священник
- Arabic-Simplified
- كاهن
- Hindi
- याजक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祭司
- Korean
- 제사장
- Indonesian
- imam
- Bengali
- যাজক
- Tagalog
- saserdote
- Swahili
- kuhani
- Amharic
- ካህን
- Yoruba
- alufa
- Igbo
- onye nchụàjà
- Twi
- ɔsɔfo
- Ewe
- ɔsubɔfo
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-e-REUS
- phraseyour reading level
e-GE-ne-to en TAIS hê-ME-rais hê-RÔ-dou ba-si-LE-ôs TÊS i-ou-DAI-as hi-e-REUS tis o-NO-ma-ti dza-kha-RÊ-as eks e-phê-me-RÊ-as a-bi-A
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to en TAIS hê-ME-rais hê-RÔ-dou ba-si-LE-ôs TÊS i-ou-DAI-as hi-e-REUS tis o-NO-ma-ti dza-kha-RÊ-as eks e-phê-me-RÊ-as a-bi-A KAI gy-NÊ au-TÔ ek TÔN thy-ga-TE-rôn a-a-RÔN KAI TO O-no-ma au-TÊS e-li-SA-bet
In context — Luke 1:5
it happened in the days of Herod king of {the} Judea priest a certain by name Zechariah from division Abijah and wife to him from the daughters of Aaron and the name of her Elizabeth
About this coordinate
Luke 1:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 1:5, so the Greek word ἱερεύς (hiereus) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.1.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.5.W9.S1) and character.