ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ, ιεροφαντης
IEROPHANTĒS, ierophantēs
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roh-FAN-tays
Translations: hierophant, a hierophant, initiator, expounder of sacred mysteries
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: A hierophant is a priest in ancient mystery religions, especially in the Eleusinian Mysteries, who was responsible for expounding sacred doctrines and initiating new members. The word is a compound of 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred,' and 'φαίνω' (phaino), meaning 'to show' or 'to reveal.' Thus, a hierophant is one who 'shows the sacred' or 'reveals the holy things.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 7:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΑ — hierophant, an hierophant, initiator, an initiator, priest, a priest
- ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΝ — hierophant, a hierophant, high priest, an interpreter of sacred mysteries
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