temple

Greek Noun Neuter

ἱερός, -ά, όν [in LXX: Eze.28:18 (מִקְדָּשׁ); τό ἱ, 1Ch.29:4 (בַּיִת), Eze.45:19 (עֲזָרָה); very frequently in I Est.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, 2Ti.3:15. 3) As subst, (a) (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ, sacrifices, sacred rites, sacred things: 1Co.9:13; (b) later, τὸ ἱ, a consecrated or sacred place, a temple: τ. Ἀρτέμιδος, Act.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): 1Co.9:13, and frequently in Gosp. and esp. in Ac, Mat.12:6, Mrk.13:3, Act.4:1, al. (on the use of ἱ. in Imperial Iuser, see Deiss, LAE, 380 f.) (AS)

temple

Greek Noun Neuter

ἱερός (for ἱερὸν see. III.2), ά, όν, also ός, όν in the phrase ἱερὸς ἀκτή [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect and poetry ἱρός, ή, όν (see. entry near the end): Doric dialect and N. Greek ἱᾰρός [Refs]: Aeolic dialect ἶρος [Refs 7th c.BC+], but ἴαρος (correlated from ἴερ-) [Refs 7th c.BC+]: superlative ἱερώτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+] I) filled with or manifesting divine power, supernatural, ἱ. ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄλφιτον, ἀλωαί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of natural objects or phenomena, rivers, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λιβάς, of the Spercheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱεραὶ βῆσσαι Κίρκης 'faery', [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἦμαρ, κνέφας, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱερὸς δίφρος (where δ. perhaps = ἵπποι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕπνος, of death, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἔστι μὲν οὐδὲν ἱ. no great matter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) of divine things, holy, ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόσις the gift of God, [Refs]; πόλεμος holy war, 'crusade', [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) of earthly things, hallowed, consecrated, βωμοί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. δόμος, of the temple of Athena,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱρὰ γράμματα hieroglyphics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἱ. γράμματα of the “Holy Scriptures”, [NT]; ἱ. βύβλοι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἱ. ἄγαλμα, τρίπους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. σώματα, of ἱερόδουλοι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of animals regarded as 'taboo', [κριοί] εἰσί σφι ἱ. διὰ τοῦτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Roman Tribunes,= Latin sacrosanctus, ἱ. καὶ ἄσυλος [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of Augustus, [Refs]; ἱ. νόμος law of sacrifice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱ. λόγος legend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. γάμος mystical marriage, a religious ceremony, [Refs 4th c.BC+] see entry; opposed to βέβηλος, as sacred to profane, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ὅσιος. II.3) under divine protection, frequently of places, Ἴλιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον, Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. κύκλος the judge's seat under the protection of Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χωρίον ὡς -ώτατον[Refs]; with genitive of a human being, Γναθίου. ἱ. εἰμι [Refs] II.3.b) of persons, φυλάκων ἱ. τέλος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. εὐσεβής τε, of Oedipus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅνθρωπος ἱ. initiated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with genitive of a divinity, deuoted, dedicated, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.c) under the Roman Empire,= sacer, imperial, ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Καίσαρος γραμμάτων [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc; τὸ -ώτατον βῆμα (of the praefectus Aegypti), [Refs 1st c.AD+]: generally, worshipful, ἱ. σύνοδος [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III) as substantive, III.1) ἱερά, Ionic dialect ἱρά, τά, offerings, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέξας [Refs 8th c.BC+] III.1.b) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], omens afforded by sacrifice, τὰ ἱρὰ οὐ προεχώρεε χρηστά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ [ἦν] [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.1.c) generally, sacred objects or rites, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cult-images, IG Rom.[Refs] III.2) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], ἱερόν, Ionic dialect ἱρόν, τό, holy place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νηός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of a temple, ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ. ἱρόν κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Jewish temple, [LXX+2nd c.BC+] III.3) ἱερὸν τῆς δίκης a sacred principle of right, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.4) ἱερός, ὁ (i.e. μήν), name of month at Delos, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III.5) ἱεροί, οἱ, members of a religious college or guild, [Refs 1st c.BC+], etc; also of women, ἱεραί, αἱ, [Refs] III.5.b) ={ἱερόδουλος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) special phrases, post-[Refs 8th c.BC+] IV.1) proverbial, ἱ. ἄγκυρα one's last hope, [Refs 1st c.AD+] IV.2) ἱ. βόλος, name of a throw at dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.3) ἱ. βοτάνη, see at {βοτάνη}. IV.4) ἱ. (i.e. γραμμή) [Refs], last line of draught-board, κινήσαις τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἴρας. λίθον [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀφ᾽ ἱερᾶς (variant{τὴν ἱεράν}) [Refs 1st c.AD+] IV.5) ἱ. ἰχθύς,= ἀνθίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.6) ἱ. λόχος, see at {λόχος}. IV.7) ἱερά (i.e. νίκη), ἡ, drawn contest, dead heat (because the prize was assigned to the god), [Refs 6th c.AD+] 'divide the honours', [Refs 2nd c.BC+] IV.8) ἱ. νόσος epilepsy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.9) ἡ ἱ. ὁδός the sacred road to Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+] see entry; and that from Elis to Olympia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.10) ἱ. ὀστέον, os sacrum, the last bone of the spine, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.11) ἱ. συμβουλή sacred duty of an adviser, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.12) ἱ. σῦριγξ spinal canal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.13) ἱερὰ τριήρης, of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.14) frequently in geographical names, e.g. ἱ ἄκρα, in Lycia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἱ. ἀκρωτήριον, in Spain, Cape St. Vincent, [Refs]; ἱ. κώμη, in Lydia, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἱ. νῆσος, one of the Liparean group, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; one of the insulae Aegates, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] V) adverb -ρῶς holily, ἀποθανεῖν variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῑερόν in the first foot of a hexameters, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in compounds ἱεραγωγός, ἱεροθαλλής, ἱερόφωνος: ῑ always in contraction form ἱρός which is used in Epic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and some Ionic dialect inscriptions, as [Refs 7th c.BC+], but is rarely found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Trag, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas g3485 (ναός) denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere); temple; neuter of g2413 (ἱερός)