Word Summary
hieros: sacred, a sacred thing, a temple
Original Word: ἱερόςTransliteration: hieros
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-os')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sacred, a sacred thing, a temple
Meaning: sacred, a sacred thing, a temple
Strong's Concordance
holy.
Of uncertain affinity; sacred -- holy.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2413: ἱερόςἱερός,
ἱερά,
ἱερόν (its primary sense is thought to be
mighty; cf.
Curtius, § 614;
Vanicek, p. 88; yet see
Schmidt as below; fr,
Homer down),
sacred, consecrated to the deity, pertaining to God:
ἱερά γράμματα,
sacred Scriptures, because inspired by God, treating of divine things and therefore to be devoutly revered,
2 Timothy 3:15 (
Josephus, Antiquities prooem. 3; (10, 10, 4 at the end);
b. j. 6, 5, 4; contra Apion 1 (10, 3; 18, 6); 26, 1;
ἱεραι βίβλοι, Antiquities 2, 16, 5; (c. Apion 1, 1; 23, 4), etc.;
οὐκ ἐνετραφης οὐδέ ἐνησκηθης τοῖς ἱεροῖς γραμμασι,
Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 29, Mang. edition ii., p. 574); (
κήρυγμα,
Mark 16 WH in (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion'); neuter plural as a substantive,
τά ἱερά,
the holy things, those which pertain to the worship of God in the temple,
1 Corinthians 9:13, cf.
ἐργάζομαι, 2 a. (See references under the word
ἅγιος, at the end; especially
Schmidt, chapter 181.)