ΙΕΡΟΙ, ιεροι
IEROI, ieroi
Sounds Like: hee-eh-ROY
Translations: holy, sacred, a holy thing, sacred things
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as holy, sacred, or consecrated, often referring to places, objects, or persons dedicated to God or a deity. It can also refer to the temple or sacred precincts themselves. In the provided examples, it is used to describe sacred revenues, sacred vessels, and sacred enclosures.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Masculine; or Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 14:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 14:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΑΙ — holy, sacred, a holy, a sacred
- ΙΕΡΑΙΣ — to holy, to sacred, to consecrated, to divine, to a holy, to a sacred, to a consecrated, to a divine
- ΙΕΡΑΝ — holy, sacred, a holy, a sacred
- ΙΕΡΑΣ — sacred, holy, a sacred, a holy, of sacred, of holy
- ΙΕΡΕΙΟΝ — sacrifice, a sacrifice, victim, a victim, sacrificial animal, a sacrificial animal
- ΙΕΡΟΙΣ — holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy thing, sacred things
- ΙΕΡΟΝ — sacred, holy, consecrated, a sacred place, a temple, temple
- ΙΕΡΟΣ — holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy thing, a sacred thing
- ΙΕΡΟΥ — of holy, of sacred, of a temple, of the temple, of the sanctuary
- ΙΕΡΟΥΣ — holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy thing, sacred things
- ΙΕΡΟΥΤΑ — sacred, holy, a sacred place, a holy place, of a sacred place, of a holy place
- ΙΕΡΩΝ — (of) holy, (of) sacred, (of) consecrated, (of) a holy thing, (of) sacred things, (of) holy places
- ΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΗΝ — most sacred, most holy, a most sacred, a most holy
- ΣΙΕΡΟΣ — holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy thing, a sacred thing
- ΤΗΝΙΕΡΑΝ — holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy (thing), a sacred (thing)
- ΤΟΝΙΕΡΟΝ — the sacred thing, the holy thing, the temple, the sanctuary, the sacred place, the holy place
- ΤΟΥΙΕΡΟΥ — of the holy, of the sacred, of the temple
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