ἀρχ·ιερεύς, έως (ὁ) :
      1 grand-prêtre, PLAT. Leg. 947 a ; à Rome, le Pontifex maximus, POL. 23, 1 ; PLUT. Num. 9 ;
      2 t. eccl. évêque, NAZ. NYSS. etc.

έως, ὁ ; Ion. ἀρχιέρεως, εω, Hdt. 2.37, also in Pl. Lg. 947a; acc. pl. ἀρχιρέας v.l. in Hdt. 2.142: — arch-priest, chief-priest, ll.cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου OGI 93.3 (Cyprus), etc. ; esp. in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, ἀ. Ἀσίας ib. 458.31, etc., cf. PRyl. 149.2 (i AD), etc. ; — at Rome, = pontifex, Plu. Num. 9, etc. ; ἀ. μέγιστος, = pontifex maximus, SIG 832, etc. (but ἀρχιερεύς alone, IG 7.2711, etc.); — at Jerusalem, high-priest, LXX Le. 4.3, Ev. Matt. 26.3, etc. (Spelt ἀρχιϊερεύς IGRom. 4.882 (Themisonium)).

ὁ, Oberpriester, Her. 2.143 u. öfter ; pontifex maximus, Plut. Num. 9.

ἀρχιερεύς, -έως, ὁ,
[in LXX for כּ' הָרֹאשׁ,כּ' הַגָּדוֹל ,כּהֵן ;]
__1. high-priest: Mrk.2:26 14:47, al.; of Christ: Heb.2:17 3:1, al.
__2. In pl., chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mat.2:4, Mrk.8:31, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297f.; MM, see word).
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