ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΙΣ, ιεροδουλοις
IERODOULOIS, ierodoulois
Sounds Like: hee-eh-ro-DOO-loys
Translations: (to) temple servants, (to) sacred slaves
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'δοῦλος' (doulos), meaning 'slave' or 'servant'. It refers to individuals, often slaves or dedicated persons, who served in a temple or sacred precinct. Their duties could range from general maintenance to more specific religious functions.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 5:128
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΙ — temple servants, temple slaves, sacred slaves
- ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΩΝ — of temple servants, of temple slaves, of sacred prostitutes, of Nethinim
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