Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Read in context →For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
Read in context →174 occurrences in 139 verses.
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kôhên · ko-hane'
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Strong's KJV usage: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Strong's first: Genesis 14:18Strong's last: Zechariah 6:13
Open full H3548 profile →archiereús · ar-khee-er-yuce'
the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:3Strong's last: Hebrews 13:11
Open full G749 profile →hiereús · hee-er-yooce'
a priest (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(high) priest.
Strong's first: Matthew 8:4Strong's last: Hebrews 10:21
Open full G2409 profile →kâhan · kaw-han'
to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
Strong's KJV usage: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
Strong's first: Ezekiel 44:13Strong's last: Hosea 4:6
Open full H3547 profile →kâhên · kaw-hane'
Strong's KJV usage: priest.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:12Strong's last: Ezra 7:21
Open full H3549 profile →archieratikós · ar-khee-er-at-ee-kos'
high-priestly
Strong's KJV usage: :--of the high-priest.
Strong's first: Acts 4:6Strong's last: Acts 4:6
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So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
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PRIEST, noun [Latin proestes, a chief, one that presides; proe, before, and sto, to stand, or sisto.]
1. A man who officiates in sacred offices. Among pagans, priests were persons whose appropriate business was to offer sacrifices and perform other sacred rites of religion. In primitive ages, the fathers of families, princes and kings were priests. Thus Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Melchizedek, Job, Isaac and Jacob offered their own sacrifices. In the days of Moses, the office of priest was restricted to the tribe of Levi, and the priesthood consisted of three orders, the high priest the priests, and the Levites, and the office was made hereditary in the family of Aaron.
Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. Hebrews 5:1.
2. In the modern church, a person who is set apart or consecrated to the ministry of the gospel; a man in orders or licensed to preach the gospel; a presbyter. In its most general sense, the word includes archbishops, bishops, patriarchs, and all subordinate orders of the clergy, duly approved and licensed according to the forms and rules of each respective denomination of christians; as all these orders 'are ordained for men in things pertaining to God.' But in Great Britain, the word is understood to denote the subordinate orders of the clergy, above a deacon and below a bishop. In the United States, the word denotes any licensed minister of the gospel.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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