2001 Translation

IERA, iera

Sounds Like: ee-eh-RAH

Translations: holy, sacred, a holy thing, sacred things, temple, a temple

From the root: ΙΕΡΑ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'holy' or 'sacred'. When used as a noun, it typically refers to 'sacred things' or 'holy places', often specifically a 'temple' or 'sanctuary'. It describes anything set apart for divine use or associated with religious practices.

Inflection: Feminine, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Singular; or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Plural

Strong’s numbers: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2411 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:80, 4:37, 9:23, 10:55
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 4:1
• 4 Maccabees — 15:13, 16:12
• 1 Corinthians — 9:13
• 2 Timothy — 3:15

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:76, 18:118, 26:244, 26:246, 28:264, 34:305, 34:306, 34:307, 34:310, 35:313, 12:129
• Book Two — 12:129

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:96, 19:316
• Book 3 — 8:199, 11:258, 11:266
• Book 4 — 4:70, 8:200, 8:205, 8:207
• Book 6 — 8:158
• Book 8 — 6:146
• Book 11 — 1:17, 5:126, 5:136
• Book 12 — 2:113, 5:256
• Book 13 — 3:66
• Book 14 — 10:214, 10:228, 10:234, 10:237, 10:240, 10:242, 10:245, 10:258
• Book 16 — 4:106, 6:163, 6:164, 6:166, 6:168, 6:169, 6:170
• Book 17 — 10:264
• Book 18 — 4:85

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 5:52

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 1:1, 62:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Alpha) — 1:51, 6:17, 6:25, 7:3, 8:17, 8:55
• Judith — 4:1
• 2 Maccabees — 5:16, 9:16
• 3 Maccabees — 2:28
• 4 Maccabees — 15:13, 16:11
• Ezekiel — 27:6, 28:18

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 1 — 1:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 9:13
• 2 Timothy — 3:15

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΙΕΡΑ, appear in our texts.

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