ἱερόν

hieros

temple

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Strong’s G2411Noun, neuter72 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Acts25

Luke14

Matthew11

John11

Mark10

1 Corinthians1

Translated as

temple71

sacred1

In the text

Matthew 4:5ἱεροῦ
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
Mark 11:11ἱερόν
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.
Luke 2:27ἱερόν
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,
John 2:14ἱερῷ
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
Acts 2:46ἱερῷ
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,
1 Corinthians 9:13ἱεροῦ
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?

Abbott-Smith

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)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.