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Strong's G2413 · Greek

ἱερός

hieros · hee-er-os'

of uncertain affinity; sacred


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἱερός (G2413)

44 ἱερός , -ά, όν , [in LXX: Ez 28:18 ( מִקְדָּשׁ ); τό ἱ. , I Ch 29:4 ( בַּיִת ), Ez 45:19 ( עֲזָרָה ); very freq. in I Es, I-IV Mac;] in Hom., marvellous , mighty , divine . (Also in Hom. and later cl.) consecrated to the deity , sacred : pl., ἱ. γράμματα , II Ti 3:15 . As subst., (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ. , sacrifices , sacred rites , sacred things : I Co 9:13 ; later, τὸ ἱ. , a consecrated or sacred place , a temple : τ. Ἀρτέμιδος , Ac 19:27 ; of the temple at Jerusalem, i.e. the entire precincts or some part thereof (as distinct from ὁ ναός , q.v., the Sanctuary proper): I Co 9:13 , and freq. in Gosp. and esp. in Ac, Mt 12:6 , Mk 13:3 , Ac 4:1 , al. (on the use of ἱ. in Imperial Inser., v. Deiss., LAE , 380 f.)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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