What does ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepḗs): Behavior or bearing befitting sacred things; reverence expressed through conduct appropriate to holiness.
Greek · G2412
ἱεροπρεπής
Reverent
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ἱεροπρεπής G2412
Pronunciation hieroprepḗs
What does ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepḗs): Behavior or bearing befitting sacred things; reverence expressed through conduct appropriate to holiness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2412?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include are to be reverent (1).
Where does ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Titus 2:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It are to be reverent 1× Titus 2:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Titus 2:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Titus 1
Source forms
ἱεροπρεπεῖς 1x hieroprepeis Titus 2:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Titus 2:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Behavior or bearing befitting sacred things; reverence expressed through conduct appropriate to holiness.
Strong's G2412
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Titus 2:1-10 Source Gloss
reverent
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Behavior or bearing befitting sacred things; reverence expressed through conduct appropriate to holiness.
(ἱερός, πρέπει) [in LXX: 4Ma.9:25 4Mac 11:20 * ;] suited to a sacred character, reverend (RV, reverent): Tit.2:3 (cf. Tr., Syn., § xcii).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Titus 2:3 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
ἱεροπρεπεῖς, ieroprepeiv
suitable to a sacred character, reverent
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Titus 2:3 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Conduct fitting for one devoted to sacred service.
Word Origins
ἱεροπρεπής is built from these roots:
ἱερός G2413
Why This Word Matters
Older women are called to visible holiness that mirrors their identity as those belonging to God. Titus 2:1-10
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain