ΙΕΡΟΥΣ, ιερους
IEROUS, ierous
Sounds Like: ee-eh-ROOS
Translations: holy, sacred, consecrated, a holy thing, sacred things
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as holy, sacred, or consecrated. It is often used to refer to places, objects, or persons dedicated to a deity or religious purpose. It can also refer to things that are set apart or revered. In the provided examples, it modifies 'gates' (πυλωνας), 'oaths' (ορκους), and 'teeth' (οδοντας), indicating that these are considered sacred or holy.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:55
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:136
Josephus' The Jewish War
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, 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
- ΙΕΡΟΥ — of holy, of sacred, of a temple, of the temple, of the sanctuary
- 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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