ΙΕΡΟΥ, ιερου
IEROU, ierou
Sounds Like: ee-eh-ROO
Translations: of holy, of sacred, of a temple, of the temple, of the sanctuary
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the adjective 'ΙΕΡΟΣ' (hieros), meaning 'holy' or 'sacred'. When used with the definite article, it often functions as a noun, referring to 'the temple' or 'the sanctuary'. It indicates possession or origin, answering the question 'whose?' or 'from what?'. For example, 'the beauty of the temple' or 'the things of the sanctuary'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:104
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:89
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 9:27
- 1 Maccabees — 13:52, 16:20
- 4 Maccabees — 4:9, 4:11, 4:12, 4:20
- Sirach — 50:2
- Matthew — 4:5, 12:6, 24:1
- Mark — 11:16, 13:1, 13:3
- Luke — 2:37, 4:9, 21:5, 22:52
- John — 2:15, 8:59
- Acts of the Apostles — 3:2, 3:10, 4:1, 5:24, 21:30
- 1 Corinthians — 9:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 11:272, 15:318
- Book 4 — 4:67
- Book 7 — 3:67
- Book 9 — 7:155, 7:156
- Book 11 — 3:61, 4:80, 4:108, 5:128, 5:147, 5:149, 5:165, 5:169
- Book 12 — 3:141, 3:142, 3:145, 6:165, 9:382
- Book 13 — 2:55, 3:73, 3:77, 7:100, 7:104, 7:129, 16:426
- Book 14 — 1:5, 4:60, 5:90, 15:466, 16:477, 16:482
- Book 15 — 4:90, 7:248, 8:292, 11:402, 11:409, 11:410, 11:424
- Book 17 — 10:255, 10:259
- Book 18 — 2:29, 2:30
- Book 20 — 5:106, 8:193, 9:221, 9:222, 10:237
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:25, 2:9, 4:9, 6:12, 18:21, 19:8
- Book Two — 12:2, 12:4, 15:20, 15:22, 16:68, 17:7, 17:18
- Book Four — 3:76, 3:80, 4:77, 5:1, 5:7, 5:39, 9:86, 9:92, 11:19
- Book Five — 1:13, 1:22, 1:37, 3:5, 4:9, 4:10, 5:3, 5:55, 5:60, 6:31, 7:14, 9:15
- Book Six — 2:28, 2:57, 2:59, 4:1, 4:25, 4:32, 5:5, 5:13, 5:24, 6:9, 6:31, 8:17
- Book Seven — 5:28, 5:66
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Chronicles — 9:27, 29:4
- 2 Chronicles — 6:13
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:8, 1:50, 2:25, 4:51, 7:7, 8:17, 8:22, 8:88, 9:1, 9:6, 9:38, 9:41
- Ezra (Beta) — 6:3
- 1 Maccabees — 13:52, 16:20
- 2 Maccabees — 1:18, 2:9, 2:19, 3:4, 3:12, 4:32, 5:21, 13:11, 13:14, 14:4, 14:13
- 3 Maccabees — 1:10
- 4 Maccabees — 4:11, 4:12, 4:20
- Sirach — 50:2
- Ezekiel — 45:19
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 4:5, 12:6, 24:1
- Mark — 11:16, 13:1, 13:3
- Luke — 2:37, 4:9, 21:5, 22:52
- John — 2:15, 8:59
- Acts — 3:2, 3:10, 4:1, 5:24, 21:30
- 1 Corinthians — 9:13
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
- ΙΕΡΟΙ — holy, sacred, a holy thing, sacred things
- 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
- 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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