G2406 — ἱεράτευμα (hierateuma)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G2406
Original: ἱεράτευμα
Transliteration: hierateuma
Pronunciation: hee-er-at-yoo-mah
Part of Speech: Neuter noun
Root / Family: Built on the ἱερ- sacred/priestly word family; compare G2413 ἱερός ("sacred, holy"), G2409 ἱερεύς ("priest"), and G2407 ἱερατεύω ("to serve as priest")
Occurrences: 2 unique verses / 2 tokens in the NT
Books: 1 (1 Peter)
First Occurrence: 1 Pet 2:5 — "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood..."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From the local Strong's lexicon output:

the priestly fraternity, i.e. sacerdotal order

The lexicon outline lists Exod 19:6 and 1 Pet 2:5, 9; the local Hebrew-source index did not return a direct Hebrew source mapping for G2406.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain 053009: Roles and Functions
Broader domain 053: Religious Activities
Other words in 053009 from local data: ἀντίχριστος (G500), ἀποστολή (G651), ἀπόστολος (G652), ἀρχιερατικός (G748), ἀρχιερεύς (G749), ἀρχισυνάγωγος (G752), γραμματεύς (G1122), διακονέω (G1247), διάκονος (G1249), ἐπισκοπέω (G1983), ἐπισκοπή (G1984), ἐπίσκοπος (G1985)

Morphological Distribution¶

Reference	Form	Parsing	Context
1 Pet 2:5	ἱεράτευμα	Accusative singular neuter	"an holy priesthood" as what believers are built into
1 Pet 2:9	ἱεράτευμα	Nominative singular neuter	"a royal priesthood" as a corporate identity statement

Both NT occurrences are singular neuter forms referring to a collective body rather than to an individual priest.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
priesthood	2	100.0%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Book Verses	Per 100 Verses
1 Peter	2	105	1.9

G2406 is confined to 1 Peter in the NT. Its density is high only because 1 Peter is short; there are no uses in Hebrews, Revelation, the Gospels, Acts, or Paul.

Semantic Categories¶

Because G2406 appears only twice in the NT, these are usage facets from the full verse set rather than broad categories across many contexts.

1. Corporate Priestly Body¶

1 Pet 2:5 — "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood..."
1 Pet 2:9 — "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation..."

2. Consecrated / Holy Priesthood¶

1 Pet 2:5 — "an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ"
1 Pet 2:9 — "a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people"

3. Priestly Body With Offering / Proclamation Language¶

1 Pet 2:5 — the priesthood is associated with offering "spiritual sacrifices"
1 Pet 2:9 — the priesthood is associated with showing forth "the praises" of the one who called them

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
ἀναφέρω (anaphero)	G399	1x	"offer up" spiritual sacrifices with the holy priesthood (1 Pet 2:5)
ἀρετή (arete)	G703	1x	"praises/virtues" shown forth by the royal priesthood (1 Pet 2:9)
βασίλειος (basileios)	G934	1x	"royal priesthood" (1 Pet 2:9)
γένος (genos)	G1085	1x	"chosen generation" parallel to "royal priesthood" (1 Pet 2:9)
ἔθνος (ethnos)	G1484	1x	"holy nation" parallel to "royal priesthood" (1 Pet 2:9)
ἐκλεκτός (eklektos)	G1588	1x	"chosen" people language in the same verse (1 Pet 2:9)
ἐξαγγέλλω (exangello)	G1804	1x	"shew forth" the praises (1 Pet 2:9)
εὐπρόσδεκτος (euprosdektos)	G2144	1x	sacrifices "acceptable" to God (1 Pet 2:5)
ζάω (zao)	G2198	1x	"lively/living stones" built into the house (1 Pet 2:5)
θεός (theos)	G2316	1x	God as recipient of acceptable sacrifices (1 Pet 2:5)
θυσία (thysia)	G2378	1x	"spiritual sacrifices" offered by the priesthood (1 Pet 2:5)
Ἰησοῦς (Iesous)	G2424	1x	sacrifices acceptable "by Jesus Christ" (1 Pet 2:5)
λαός (laos)	G2992	1x	"peculiar people" in the same identity cluster (1 Pet 2:9)
λίθος (lithos)	G3037	1x	"living stones" built into the priestly house (1 Pet 2:5)
οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeo)	G3618	1x	"are built up" into a spiritual house (1 Pet 2:5)
οἶκος (oikos)	G3624	1x	"spiritual house" associated with the priesthood (1 Pet 2:5)
περιποίησις (peripoiesis)	G4047	1x	"peculiar/acquired people" in 1 Pet 2:9
πνευματικός (pneumatikos)	G4152	1x	"spiritual house" and "spiritual sacrifices" (1 Pet 2:5)

Word Family / Cognates¶

G2409 ἱερεύς (hiereus) — priest, the individual priestly person; existing study: G2409-hiereus.md
G2405 ἱερατεία (hierateia) — priestliness / priestly office or function; occurs in Luke 1:9 and Heb 7:5 in the local lexicon outline
G2407 ἱερατεύω (hierateuo) — to be a priest / perform priestly service; one NT occurrence in Luke 1:8
G2413 ἱερός (hieros) — sacred, holy; adjective in the same ἱερ- family
G2420 ἱερωσύνη (hierosyne) — priesthood / priestly institution; four NT uses in Hebrews 7
G749 ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus) — high priest / chief priest; existing study: G749-archiereus.md

Synonyms¶

No direct curated synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G2406. The related priestly terms above overlap by word family and domain, not by identical usage.

Antonyms¶

No direct antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G2406.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
ἱερωσύνη (hierosyne)	G2420	priesthood	G2420 refers to priesthood as an institution/order in Hebrews 7; G2406 names a priestly body/fraternity in 1 Peter
כְּהֻנָּה (kehunah)	H3550	priesthood / priest's office	Hebrew term for priesthood or priestly office in OT contexts; G2406 is the Greek NT collective term in 1 Peter
ἱερατεία (hierateia)	G2405	priest's office / priesthood concept	G2405 emphasizes priestly office/function; G2406 emphasizes the priestly body
ἱερεύς (hiereus)	G2409	priest / priests	G2409 names individual priests; G2406 names the collective priesthood

Domain Neighbors (Louw-Nida 053009 — Roles and Functions)¶

Strong's	Word	Verses	Primary KJV	Key Difference from G2406
G749	ἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)	102	chief priests, high priest	Chief/high-priest role or ruling priestly class, not the collective priesthood
G652	ἀπόστολος (apostolos)	70	apostles, an apostle	Commissioned messenger role, not sacerdotal body
G1122	γραμματεύς (grammateus)	63	scribes, scribe	Legal/scribal function, not priestly fraternity
G1249	διάκονος (diakonos)	15	minister, a minister	Servant/minister role, not priesthood
G1985	ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos)	6	bishop, Bishop	Oversight role, not priestly body
G651	ἀποστολή (apostole)	4	apostleship	Commission/office of sending, not priestly order

Hebrew Source¶

The local search_strongs.py --hebrew-source G2406 query returned:

Result
No Hebrew sources found for G2406

The related group file WG-priests.md notes that 1 Pet 2:9 echoes Exod 19:6 LXX language ("royal priesthood"), but the local Hebrew-source mapping does not index a direct G2406 bridge.