ἱερός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱαρός (Doric)
• ἱρός (Ionic)
• ἷρος (Aeolic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ish₂ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣirá) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hi͜i.erós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hiːɛrós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ierós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ierós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ieɾós/

Adjective

ἱερός m, ἱερά f, ἱερόν n; first/second declension; (hieros)

1. Connected with the gods, supernatural
2. holy, sacred, consecrated
3. Under divine protection

Inflection

    First and second declension of ἱερός, ἱερά, ἱερόν

Number	Singular				Dual				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἱερός	ἱερά	ἱερόν		ἱερώ	ἱερά	ἱερώ		ἱεροί	ἱεραί	ἱερά
Genitive	ἱεροῦ	ἱερᾶς	ἱεροῦ		ἱεροῖν	ἱεραῖν	ἱεροῖν		ἱερῶν	ἱερῶν	ἱερῶν
Dative	ἱερῷ	ἱερᾷ	ἱερῷ		ἱεροῖν	ἱεραῖν	ἱεροῖν		ἱεροῖς	ἱεραῖς	ἱεροῖς
Accusative	ἱερόν	ἱεράν	ἱερόν		ἱερώ	ἱερά	ἱερώ		ἱερούς	ἱεράς	ἱερά
Vocative	ἱερέ	ἱερά	ἱερόν		ἱερώ	ἱερά	ἱερώ		ἱεροί	ἱεραί	ἱερά
Adverb: ἱερῶς

Descendants

• English: hiero-

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G2413