{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G749",
  "lemma": "ἀρχιερεύς",
  "transliteration": "archiereús",
  "definition": "the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest",
  "kjv": "chief (high) priest, chief of the priests",
  "occurrences": 164,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G746",
      "lemma": "ἀρχή",
      "transliteration": "archḗ",
      "meaning": "beginning",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G746"
    },
    {
      "id": "G2409",
      "lemma": "ἱερεύς",
      "transliteration": "hiereús",
      "meaning": "a priest",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2409"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:4",
      "text": "Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 16:21",
      "text": "From that time, Yeshua began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 20:18",
      "text": "“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/20?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 21:15",
      "text": "But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 21:23",
      "text": "When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 21:45",
      "text": "When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:3",
      "text": "Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:14",
      "text": "Then one of the twelve, who was called Judah Iscariot, went to the chief priests",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:47",
      "text": "While he was still speaking, behold, Judah, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:51",
      "text": "Behold, one of those who were with Yeshua stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=51"
    }
  ],
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