ἱερόν

ἱερός, -ά, όν

[in LXX: Ezk 28,18 (מִקְדָּשׁ); τό ἱ, 1 Kron 29,4 (בַּיִת), Ezk 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, 2 Tim 3,15,

3. As subst.,

(a) (so in Hom.), τὰ ἱ., sacrifices, sacred rites, sacred things: 1 Kor 9,13

(b) later, τὸ ἱ.,., a consecrated or sacred place, a temple: τ. Ἀρτέμιδος, ApG 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): 1 Kor 9,13, and frequently in Gosp. and esp. in Ac, Matt 12,6, Mark 13,3, ApG 4,1, al. (on the use of ἱ. in Imperial Iuser., see Deiss., LAE, 380 f.)