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Sacred

ἱερόςStrong’s G2413

hieros

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hieros is the Greek word usually translated “sacred”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?”
1 Corinthians 9:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sacred”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • sacred 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 1
  • 2 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἱερός hieros · sacred

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; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sacred” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SA'CRED, adjective

[Latin sacer, sacred holy, cursed, damnable. We here see the connection between sacredness and secrecy. The sense is removed or separated from that which is common, vulgar, polluted, or open, public; and accursed is separated from society or the privileges of citizens, rejected, banished.]

  1. Holy; pertaining to God or to his worship; separated from common secular uses and consecrated to God and his service; as a sacred place; a sacred day; a sacred feast; sacred service; sacred orders.
  2. Proceeding from God and containing religious precepts; as the sacred books of the Old and New Testament.
  3. Narrating or writing facts respecting God and holy things; as a sacred historian.
  4. Relating to religion or the worship of God; used for religious purposes; as sacred songs; sacred music; sacred history.
All definitions
  1. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; with to.
  2. Entitled to reverence; venerable.
  3. Inviolable, as if appropriated to a superior being; as sacred honor or promise.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.