hieros · temple

What it means

hieros (ἱερός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “temple”.

The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
2. Belonging to God, set apart for him.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

As an adjective, sacred; as a noun (τὸ ἱερόν), the temple of Jerusalem understood as the whole sacred precinct, with its courts and porches. It is of the same family as ἱερεύς (priest).

• Jesus teaches in the temple Luke 21:37Mark 14:49John 8:20
• Driving out those who sold in the temple Mark 11:15John 2:15
• The temple as a place of prayer Luke 18:10Acts 3:1
• Anna, who did not leave the temple Luke 2:37
• Other temples: that of Artemis Acts 19:27

How we translate it

“Temple” 70 times. This edition's glossary keeps naos = “sanctuary” (the central building) apart from hieron = “temple” (the whole precinct), so the reader can see that Jesus taught in the courts, not inside the sanctuary. As a neuter plural adjective it is translated “sacred”: “the sacred writings” (2 Timothy 3:15).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• temple ×70
• sacred ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×11
• Mark×10
• Luke×14
• John×10
• Acts×25
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Timothy×1

• Matthew 4:5

  Then the devil takes him into the holy city and stood him on the pinnacle of the temple,

• Matthew 12:5

  Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are innocent?

• Matthew 12:6

  And I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

• Matthew 21:12

  And Jesus entered into the temple and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

• Matthew 21:14

  And the blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

• Matthew 21:15

  But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant

• Matthew 21:23

  And when he had come into the temple, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?”

• Matthew 24:1

  And Jesus went out from the temple and was going away, and his disciples came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

• Matthew 26:55

  At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to arrest me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

• Mark 11:11

  And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and having looked around at everything, since the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

• Mark 11:15

  And they come to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

• Mark 11:16

  And he would not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple.

• Mark 11:27

  And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to him

• Mark 12:35

  And Jesus responded and said, as he taught in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

• Mark 13:1

  And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, “Teacher, look, what stones and what buildings!”

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Mark 14:49

  Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me; but this has happened so that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.”

• Mark 16:8

  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

• Luke 2:27

  And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, for them to do for him according to the custom of the law,

• Luke 2:37

  and she was a widow until she was eighty-four years old. She did not leave the temple, serving God with fastings and petitions night and day.

• Luke 2:46

  And it happened after three days that they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and questioning them.

• Luke 4:9

  And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

• Luke 18:10

  “Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

• Luke 19:45

  And entering into the temple, he began to drive out those who were selling,

• Luke 19:47

  And he was teaching daily in the temple; but the high priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, and so were the leading men of the people;

• Luke 20:1

  And it happened on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, that the high priests and the scribes came up with the elders,

• Luke 21:5

  And as some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive offerings, he said,

• Luke 21:37

  Now during the days he was teaching in the temple, but at night he would go out and spend the night on the mount called the Mount of Olives.

• Luke 21:38

  And all the people would come early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

• Luke 22:52

  And Jesus said to those who had come against him, high priests and captains of the temple guard and elders, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

• Luke 22:53

  Day after day, while I was with you in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.”

• Luke 24:53

  and they were continually in the temple, blessing God.

• John 2:14

  And in the temple he found those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.

• John 2:15

  And making a whip out of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle; and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

• John 5:14

  After these things Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”

• John 7:14

  When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching.

• John 7:28

  So Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, “You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

• John 8:20

  He spoke these words in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

• John 8:59

  So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

• John 10:23

  and Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.

And 33 more times.