The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “chief priest” in English is translated in Muyuw as tanuwgwes lun or “ruler-of peace offering.” (Source: David Lithgow in The Bible Translator 1971, p. 118ff. )

In a 1922 translation into Chagatai, a precursor language of both Uzbek and Uighur, it is translated with a form of the Arabic loan word Imam (امام), also used in Islamic contexts. (Source: F. Erbay and F.N. Küçükballı in Acta Theologica 2025 45/2, p. 133ff. )