ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΩΝ, ιεροδουλων
IERODOULŌN, ierodoulōn
Sounds Like: hee-eh-ro-DOO-lohn
Translations: of temple servants, of temple slaves, of sacred prostitutes, of Nethinim
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to temple servants or temple slaves, often associated with the Nethinim, a group of temple servants in the Old Testament. It is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'δοῦλος' (doulos), meaning 'slave' or 'servant'. While 'ἱερόδουλος' can also refer to a sacred prostitute in broader Greek literature, in the context of the Septuagint and New Testament, it almost exclusively denotes those dedicated to the service of the temple.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2411 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 5:134
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
- ΙΕΡΟΔΟΥΛΟΙΣ — (to) temple servants, (to) sacred slaves
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