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ἱερόν

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter71 occurrences6 books67 verses

Definition

ἱερός, -ά, όν

[in LXX: Ezekiel 28:18 (מִקְדָּשׁ); τό ἱ, 1 Chronicles 29:4 (בַּיִת), Ezekiel 45:19 (עֲזָרָה); very frequently in I Esther 1:1-58 -4 Mac ;]

1. in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.

2. (Also in Hom, and later cl.) consecrated to the deity, sacred: pl., ἱ. γράμματα, 2 Timothy 3:15.

3. As subst.,

(a) (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ., sacrifices, sacred rites, sacred things: 1 Corinthians 9:13;

(b) later, τὸ ἱ.,., a consecrated or sacred place, a temple: τ. Ἀρτέμιδος, Acts 19:27; of the temple at Jerusalem, i.e. the entire precincts or some part thereof (as distinct from ὁ ναός, which see, the Sanctuary proper): 1 Corinthians 9:13, and frequently in Gosp. and esp. in Ac, Matthew 12:6, Mark 13:3, Acts 4:1, al. (on the use of ἱ. in Imperial Iuser., see Deiss., LAE, 380 f.)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἱερόν:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

71 total
  1. Acts 3:8ἱερὸν · temple [courts]
    He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
  2. Acts 3:10ἱεροῦ · temple
    …they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
  3. Acts 4:1ἱεροῦ · temple guard
    While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
  4. Acts 5:20ἱερῷ · temple [courts]
    “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
  5. Acts 5:21ἱερὸν · temple [courts]
    At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
  6. Acts 5:24ἱεροῦ · temple [guard]
    When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
  7. Acts 5:25ἱερῷ · temple [courts]
    Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
  8. Acts 5:42ἱερῷ · temple [courts]
    Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
  9. Acts 19:27ἱερὸν · temple
    There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
  10. Acts 21:26ἱερόν · temple
    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
  11. Acts 21:27ἱερῷ · temple
    When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
  12. Acts 21:28ἱερὸν · temple
    …crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
  13. Acts 21:29ἱερὸν · temple
    For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  14. Acts 21:30ἱεροῦ · temple
    The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
  15. Acts 22:17ἱερῷ · temple
    Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
  16. Acts 24:6ἱερὸν · temple
    …and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
  17. Acts 24:12ἱερῷ · temple
    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
  18. Acts 24:18ἱερῷ · temple
    At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
  19. Acts 25:8ἱερὸν · temple
    Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  20. Acts 26:21ἱερῷ · temple [courts]
    For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
  21. 1 Corinthians 9:13ἱεροῦ
    Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?