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)