ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΑ, ιερογραμματεα
IEROGRAMMATEA, ierogrammatea
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roh-gram-MAH-teh-ah
Translations: sacred scribe, a sacred scribe, temple scribe, hierogrammateus
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sacred scribe or temple scribe, particularly in ancient Egypt. It is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'γραμματεύς' (grammateus), meaning 'scribe' or 'secretary'. These individuals were highly educated and responsible for religious writings, temple records, and other sacred documents.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΣ — sacred scribes, temple scribes, priestly scribes
- ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ — sacred scribe, temple scribe, hierogrammateus
- ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣΙ — (to) sacred scribes, (to) temple scribes, (to) hierogrammateis
- ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΩΝ — (of) sacred scribes, (of) temple scribes, (of) hierogrammateis
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