Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2183

ἐφημερία

ephēmeria · “division

Used 2 times across 1 book

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).†
Where it appears
Luke
2
In the text
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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