Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
ἱερόν. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ἱερόν, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ἱερόν in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ἱερόν you have here. The definition of the word
ἱερόν will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
ἱερόν, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter substantive of ἱερός (hierós, “holy”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.e.rón/ → /i.eˈron/ → /i.eˈron/
Noun
ἱερόν • (hierón) n (genitive ἱεροῦ); second declension
- holy place, temple, shrine, sanctuary
Inflection
See also
Adjective
ῑ̔ερόν • (hīerón)
- inflection of ἱερός (hierós):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
References
- “ἱερός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἱερόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἱερόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2411 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.