Strong G2183ἐφημερία
division
- Transliteration
- ephēmeria
- Pronunciation
- ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2184; diurnality that is (specifically) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests´ service at the Temple as distributed by families: - course.
Detailed definition
ἐφ-ημερία, -ας, ἡ
(ἐφήμερος), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מַחֲלֹקֶת;]
1. a course of daily services (Neh.13:30, 1Ch.25:8, al.).
2. a class or course of priests detailed for service in the temple (1Ch.23:6, al.): Luk.1:5, 8 (cf. MGr., ἐφημέριος, priest).†
(AS)
(ἐφήμερος), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מַחֲלֹקֶת;]
1. a course of daily services (Neh.13:30, 1Ch.25:8, al.).
2. a class or course of priests detailed for service in the temple (1Ch.23:6, al.): Luk.1:5, 8 (cf. MGr., ἐφημέριος, priest).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2183 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- course2
First verses
- Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
- Luke 1:8And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐφημερ-ία, ἡ,
division of the priests for the daily service of the temple, [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ch.23.6, LXX.Neh.23.30, NT.Luke.1.5.)]
2 the service itself, [LXX (LXX.1Esd.1.16.)]
division of the priests for the daily service of the temple, [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ch.23.6, LXX.Neh.23.30, NT.Luke.1.5.)]
2 the service itself, [LXX (LXX.1Esd.1.16.)]