ἱερόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of ἱερός (hierós, “holy”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.e.rón/ → /i.eˈron/ → /i.eˈron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.e.rón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.eˈron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.eˈron/

Noun

ἱερόν • (hierón) n (genitive ἱεροῦ); second declension

1. holy place, temple, shrine, sanctuary

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἱερόν; τοῦ ἱεροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἱερόν tò hierón	τὼ ἱερώ tṑ hierṓ	τᾰ̀ ἱερᾰ́ tà hierá
Genitive	τοῦ ἱεροῦ toû hieroû	τοῖν ἱεροῖν toîn hieroîn	τῶν ἱερῶν tôn hierôn
Dative	τῷ ἱερῷ tôi hierôi	τοῖν ἱεροῖν toîn hieroîn	τοῖς ἱεροῖς toîs hieroîs
Accusative	τὸ ἱερόν tò hierón	τὼ ἱερώ tṑ hierṓ	τᾰ̀ ἱερᾰ́ tà hierá
Vocative	ἱερόν hierón	ἱερώ hierṓ	ἱερᾰ́ hierá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• νᾱός (nāós)

Adjective

ῑ̔ερόν • (hīerón)

1. inflection of ἱερός (hierós):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • sanctuary idem, page 733.
  • shrine idem, page 771.
  • temple idem, page 860.