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Greek noun (neuter) · G2411

ἱερόν

hieronhee-er-on'

in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.; (Also in Hom, and later cl.) consecrated to the deity; As subst.

70 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: hierón

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2411is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 5
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2411

a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts of the Temple

The King James renders it: temple.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

hieron is rendered "in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.; (Also in Hom, and later cl.) consecrated to the deity; As subst.". It stands 70 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Twenty-five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
  • The Greek text spells it five different ways.

The first use

Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Matthew 4:5ἱεροῦ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-five of the word's seventy uses are in Acts.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine., and (Also in Hom, and later cl.) consecrated to the deity, and As subst..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
in Hom., marvellous, mighty, divine.Tagged aslisted under the tableWhereMatthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
(Also in Hom, and later cl.) consecrated to the deitysacredTagged aslisted under the tableWhere2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures…
As subst.__(a) (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ., sacrifices, sacred rites, sacred thingsTagged as
  • temple70
WhereMatthew 12:6But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἱερόςhierossacredUses2
ἱεροσυλέωhierosyleoto despoil a templeUses1
ἱερόσυλοςhierosylostemple robberUses1
ἱερουργέωhierourgeoto ministerUses1
ἱεροπρεπήςhieroprepesreverentUses1

All 70, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

5 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἱερῷ32
  • ἱεροῦ18
  • ἱερὸν16
  • ἱερόν3
  • ἱεροῦ.¶1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular32N-DSN
  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular19N-ASN
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular19N-GSN

Matthew

eleven uses
  • Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

    Matthew 4:5

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

    Matthew 12:5

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

    Matthew 12:6

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

    Matthew 21:12

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

    Matthew 21:14

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

    Matthew 21:15

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

    Matthew 21:23

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

    Matthew 24:1

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
    • ἱεροῦ.¶hi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

    Matthew 26:55

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

Mark

nine uses
  • Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

    Mark 11:11

    • ἱερόνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

    Mark 11:15

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    Mark 11:16

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

    Mark 11:27

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

    Mark 12:35

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”

    Mark 13:1

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,

    Mark 13:3

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

    Mark 14:49

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

Luke

fourteen uses
  • Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

    Luke 2:27

    • ἱερόνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

    Luke 2:37

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

    Luke 2:46

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

    Luke 4:9

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

    Luke 18:10

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

    Luke 19:45

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

    Luke 19:47

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

    Luke 20:1

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

    Luke 21:5

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

    Luke 21:37

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.

    Luke 21:38

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

    Luke 22:52

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

    Luke 22:53

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • praising God continually in the temple.

    Luke 24:53

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

John

ten uses
  • In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

    John 2:14

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

    John 2:15

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

    John 5:14

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

    John 7:14

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

    John 7:28

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

    John 8:20

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

    John 8:59

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

    John 10:23

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

    John 11:56

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

    John 18:20

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

Acts

twenty-five uses
  • With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

    Acts 2:46

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

    Acts 3:1

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

    Acts 3:2

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
    • ἱερόνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

    Acts 3:3

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

    Acts 3:8

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

    Acts 3:10

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

    Acts 4:1

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

    Acts 5:20

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    Acts 5:21

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

    Acts 5:24

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

    Acts 5:25

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

    Acts 5:42

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

    Acts 19:27

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

    Acts 21:26

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    Acts 21:27

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

    Acts 21:28

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    Acts 21:29

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

    Acts 21:30

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

    Acts 22:17

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

    Acts 24:6

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

    Acts 24:12

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

    Acts 24:18

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

    Acts 25:8

    • ἱερὸνhi'eronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: temple
  • For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

    Acts 26:21

    • ἱερῷhi'eronoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

    1 Corinthians 9:13

    • ἱεροῦhi'erounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: temple

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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