Definition

to be a priest, i.e. perform his functions

Etymology

prolongation from G2409 (ἱερεύς);

Word family

• ἱερεύς hiereús

How the KJV renders it

• execute the priest's office

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.