ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΑ, ιεροφαντα
IEROPHANTA, ierophanta
Sounds Like: ee-eh-roh-FAN-tah
Translations: hierophant, an hierophant, initiator, an initiator, priest, a priest
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a hierophant, a chief priest in ancient Greek mystery religions, particularly the Eleusinian Mysteries. The hierophant was responsible for revealing the sacred rites and mysteries to the initiates. It is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred', and 'φαίνω' (phaino), meaning 'to show' or 'to reveal'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:37
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΝ — hierophant, a hierophant, high priest, an interpreter of sacred mysteries
- ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ — hierophant, a hierophant, initiator, expounder of sacred mysteries
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