Lexical Definition

‎ἱερός‎ hierós (hee-er-os') sacred ^G:A
of uncertain affinity

holy.

• sacred

Abbott-Smith

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;]
1. in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.
2. (Also in Hom. and later cl.) consecrated to the deity, sacred: pl., ἱ. γράμματα, II Ti 3:15.
3. As subst.,
(a) (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ., sacrifices, sacred rites, sacred things: I Co 9:13;
(b) 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.)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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), [ἱερός (i.e. ἀγών) [prev. work]7.2727.19, 24 (Acraeph.): \_metaphorically\_, ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι τὸν στέφανον">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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Tim.3.15 ☩ LXX.1Chr.29.4 ☩ Matt.24.1}