ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΝ, ιεροφαντην
IEROPHANTĒN, ierophantēn
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roh-FAN-teen
Translations: hierophant, a hierophant, high priest, an interpreter 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 interpreting sacred mysteries and revealing sacred things. The word literally means 'one who shows sacred things' or 'revealer of the holy'. It is used to refer to someone who explains or teaches divine truths or sacred rites.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:45
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
- ΙΕΡΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ — hierophant, a hierophant, initiator, expounder of sacred mysteries
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