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ἱερόδουλος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱερόδουλος ἱεροδούλου

Structure: ἱεροδουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hierodule, a temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ Λευίταισ, ἱεροδούλοισ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἁγιάσαι ἑαυτοὺσ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῇ θέσει τῆσ ἁγίασ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ᾧ ᾠκοδόμησε Σαλωμὼν ὁ τοῦ Δαυὶδ ὁ βασιλεύσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:3)
  • καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ λέγεται ὅπωσ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖσ Λευίταισ καὶ ἱεροψάλταισ καὶ θυρωροῖσ καὶ ἱεροδούλοισ καὶ πραγματικοῖσ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τούτου μηδὲ μία φορολογία μηδὲ ἄλλη ἐπιβουλὴ γίνηται, καὶ μηδένα ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐπιβαλεῖν τι τούτοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:22)
  • καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ λέγω, ὅπωσ τοῖσ ἱερεῦσιν καὶ Λευίταισ καὶ ἱεροψάλταισ καὶ θυρωροῖσ καὶ ἱεροδούλοισ καὶ γραμματεῦσιν τοῦ ἱεροῦ μήτε φόρουσ ἐπιτάξητε μήτε ἄλλο μηδὲν ἐπίβουλον ἢ φορτικὸν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ γένηται. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 11 158:1)

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