ΙΕΡΩΝ, ιερων
IERŌN, ierōn
Sounds Like: hee-eh-RON
Translations: (of) holy, (of) sacred, (of) consecrated, (of) a holy thing, (of) sacred things, (of) holy places
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'holy' or 'sacred'. It describes something belonging to or associated with the divine, a temple, or religious rites. It can also function as a noun in the genitive plural, referring to 'holy things' or 'sacred places'. It is often used to describe objects, places, or actions that are set apart for religious purposes.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, All genders
Strong’s number: G2413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:184
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 17:72
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 1:1, 10:54, 14:73, 17:113, 18:118, 18:127, 26:228, 26:239, 26:249, 28:263, 34:306, 4:45, 36:253, 36:254, 38:263
- Book Two — 4:45, 36:253, 36:254, 38:263
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:13
- Book 3 — 8:207, 15:318
- Book 8 — 5:135, 6:145, 6:147
- Book 11 — 4:105
- Book 13 — 3:66, 3:70, 3:74, 5:167
- Book 14 — 4:72, 10:227
- Book 15 — 10:357
- Book 16 — 2:28, 6:160, 6:167
- Book 18 — 1:15, 3:60
- Book 19 — 1:4, 1:7, 1:160, 6:294
- Book 20 — 1:15, 12:264
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 8:12, 8:13
- Book Two — 16:68
- Book Three — 8:13
- Book Four — 3:37, 3:62, 4:75
- Book Five — 1:8
- Book Six — 2:29, 8:14
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 52:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 75:418
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
- 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
- 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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