St. Jerome translated the manuscripts for us 300 years or so A.D.. Engaging in semantics is not the point here. It is that today is a good day for us to emphasize, and make a practice of, praying for our clergy at all levels. Whatever the Greek, we Catholics call them “priests.”
Indeed he did.. But my friend he translated the HEBREW into LATIN
Not the New testament but the OLD TESTAMENT.
So your observation has nothing to do with this discussion
The New Testament has no role for the priesthood because Christ fulfilled that type
The NT church had overseers (bishops) ,deacons, pastors and elders. ..no priests
In the early church the pastors were called clerks ..from which we get the word clergy ...
Greg Dues has written Catholic Customs & Traditions, a popular guide (New London: Twenty Third Publications, 2007). On page 166 he states, "Priesthood as we know it in the Catholic church was unheard of during the first generation of Christianity, because at that time priesthood was still associated with animal sacrifices in both the Jewish and pagan religions."
"A clearly defined local leadership in the form of elders, or presbyteroi, became still more important when the original apostles and disciples of Jesus died. The chief elder in each community was often called the episkopos (Greek, 'overseer'). In English this came to be translated as 'bishop' (Latin, episcopus). Ordinarily he presided over the community's Eucharistic assembly."
"When the Eucharist came to be regarded as a sacrifice, the role of the bishop took on a priestly dimension. By the third century bishops were considered priests. Presbyters or elders sometimes substituted for the bishop at the Eucharist. By the end of the third century people all over were using the title 'priest' (hierus in Greek and sacerdos in Latin) for whoever presided at the Eucharist."