King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2418
Transliteration: hierourgeō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-oorg-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to perform sacred rites
Meaning: to perform sacred rites
ἱερουργέω, ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred things; to perform sacred rites (Philo, Herodian); used especially of persons sacrificing (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4, etc.); translated, to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly service: τόν νόμον, of those who defend the sanctity of the law by undergoing a violent death, 4 Macc. 7:8; τό εὐαγγέλιον, of the preaching of the gospel, Romans 15:16 (where Fritzsche treats the word fully; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 222f (209))).
Word Summary
hierourgeō: to perform sacred rites
Original Word: ἱερουργέωTransliteration: hierourgeō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-oorg-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to perform sacred rites
Meaning: to perform sacred rites
Strong's Concordance
minister. From a compound of hieron and the base of ergon; to be a temple-worker, i.e. Officiate as a priest (figuratively) -- minister.
see GREEK hieron
see GREEK ergon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2418: ἱερουργέωἱερουργέω, ἱερούργω; (from ἱερουργός, and this from ἱερός and ἘΡΓΩ); to be busied with sacred things; to perform sacred rites (Philo, Herodian); used especially of persons sacrificing (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4, etc.); translated, to minister in the manner of a priest, minister in priestly service: τόν νόμον, of those who defend the sanctity of the law by undergoing a violent death, 4 Macc. 7:8; τό εὐαγγέλιον, of the preaching of the gospel, Romans 15:16 (where Fritzsche treats the word fully; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 222f (209))).