Definition

the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest

Etymology

from G746 (ἀρχή) and G2409 (ἱερεύς);

Word family

• ἀρχή archḗ
• ἱερεύς hiereús

How the KJV renders it

• chief (high) priest
• chief of the priests

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.