Exodus 40:15
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
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Priesthood
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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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כְּהֻנָּה
kᵉhunnâh · keh-hoon-naw'
9 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
priesthood
Strong's KJV usage: priesthood, priest's office.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 40:15Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:29
Open full H3550 profile →ἱερωσύνη
hierōsýnē · hee-er-o-soo'-nay
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office
Strong's KJV usage: :--priesthood.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:11Strong's last: Hebrews 7:24
Open full G2420 profile →ἱεράτευμα
hieráteuma · hee-er-at'-yoo-mah
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
the priestly fraternity, i.e. sacerdotal order (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--priesthood.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 2:5Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:9
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hierateía · hee-er-at-i'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
priestliness, i.e. the sacerdotal function
Strong's KJV usage: :--office of the priesthood, priest's office.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:5Strong's last: Hebrews 7:5
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H3550
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
H3550
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
H3550
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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priesthood
PRIE'STHOOD, noun The office or character of a priest.
1. The order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order composed of priests.
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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