Strong G3485ναός
temple
- Transliteration
- naos
- Pronunciation
- nah-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a primary word ναίω naiō (to dwell); a fane shrine temple : - shrine temple. Compare G2411 .
Detailed definition
ναός, -οῦ, ὁ
(Att.. νεώς; ναίω, to inhabit), [in LXX (νεώς, 2Ma.6:2, al.) chiefly for הֵיכָל;]
1. a temple (Hom., Find., al.).
2. The inmost part of a temple, the shrine (Hat., Xen., al.); in NT,
__(a) generally: pl., Act.17:24; of silver models of a heathen shrine, Act.19:24;
__(b) of the temple building proper, or sanctuary, at Jerusalem, as distinct from τ. ἱερόν (which see), the whole temple enclosure: Mat.23:16-17, 35 27:5, 40, Mrk.14:58 15:29 Jhn.2:19-20, Rev.11:2; (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.26:61 27:51, Mrk.15:38, Luk.1:9, 21-22 23:45, 1Co.3:17, 2Co.6:16, 2Th.2:4, Rev.11:1; of the temple in the Apocal. visions, Rev.3:12 7:15 11:19 14:15, 17 15:5-6, 8 16:1, 17 21:22 a. Metaphorical, of Christians, 1Co.3:16 6:19, 2Co.6:16, Eph.2:21; of Christ's body, Jhn.2:21 (cf. Jhn.2:19); ὁ θεὸς ν. αὐτῆς ἐστιν, Rev.21:22 b.†
SYN.: ἱερόν (AS)
(Att.. νεώς; ναίω, to inhabit), [in LXX (νεώς, 2Ma.6:2, al.) chiefly for הֵיכָל;]
1. a temple (Hom., Find., al.).
2. The inmost part of a temple, the shrine (Hat., Xen., al.); in NT,
__(a) generally: pl., Act.17:24; of silver models of a heathen shrine, Act.19:24;
__(b) of the temple building proper, or sanctuary, at Jerusalem, as distinct from τ. ἱερόν (which see), the whole temple enclosure: Mat.23:16-17, 35 27:5, 40, Mrk.14:58 15:29 Jhn.2:19-20, Rev.11:2; (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.26:61 27:51, Mrk.15:38, Luk.1:9, 21-22 23:45, 1Co.3:17, 2Co.6:16, 2Th.2:4, Rev.11:1; of the temple in the Apocal. visions, Rev.3:12 7:15 11:19 14:15, 17 15:5-6, 8 16:1, 17 21:22 a. Metaphorical, of Christians, 1Co.3:16 6:19, 2Co.6:16, Eph.2:21; of Christ's body, Jhn.2:21 (cf. Jhn.2:19); ὁ θεὸς ν. αὐτῆς ἐστιν, Rev.21:22 b.†
SYN.: ἱερόν (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3485 appears in 40 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- temple39
- shrine1
First verses
- Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
- Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Matthew 23:21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
- Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 26:61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
- Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
- Matthew 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Mark 14:58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
- Mark 15:29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 1:9According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
- Luke 1:21And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
- Luke 1:22And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- John 2:19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- John 2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
- John 2:21But he spake of the temple of his body.
- Acts 7:48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
- Acts 17:24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νᾱός, ὁ,
Doric dialect, Thess., etc. form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 1.42, “IG” 9(2).517.45 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), etc., used also in Trag. (even dialogue) to the exclusion of νεώς, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 8, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31, +others, except 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810)], rare in Attic dialect Prose and Comedy texts, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394a, “Lg.” 738c, 814b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174a24, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 29.1, more frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “HG” 2.3.20, “An.” 5.3.9, +others, found in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr.from 3rd c.BC, “IG” 22.1314.18, 1315.28, etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along with νεώς), “SIG” 277 (Priene, 4th c.BC), 214 (Phanagoria, 4th c.BC), 494.3 (Delph., 3rd c.BC), LXX.1Ki.1.9, +others (νεώς)] only in 2 Ma.), [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 6.22 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.30.2 (νεώς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4), etc.)]; Ionic dialectνηός, always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), but _genitive_ νε[ώ] “IG” 12(7).1.4 (Amorgos, 5th c.BC))]; dative νειῴ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Michel” 832.38 (Samos, 4th c.BC))]; Attic dialect νεώς (Attic Inscrr. of see-3rd c.BC (see. below), once in Trag. (see. above), frequently in Prose authors and found in Comedy texts (see. below)); declension, nominative νεώς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.1; _genitive_ νεώ “IG” 12.4.9,80.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 733, “IG” 22.1524.45, “SIG” 1219.32 (Gambreum, 3rd c.BC))]; dative νεῴ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.6.122, 256.4, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 40.3, “IG” 22.1504.7)]; accusative νεών [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]12.24.13, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 401, “Pl.” 741, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 139, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 340, later νεώ “IG” 22.212.35 (4th c.BC), +others, LXX.2Mac.6.2, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.58 (variant{νεών}), “SIG” 877 A 10 (2nd-3rd c.AD), variant in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.26, but νεών 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 27(16).19 (variant{νεώ}), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.6 (variant{νεώ} Bast “Epist.Crit.” p.176), etc.: _plural_ _nominative_ νεῴ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.7; _accusative_ νεώς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.117, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4; _dative_ νεῴς “IG” 12.384)]; on the accent see Hdn.Gr.1.8: Aeolic dialect ναῦος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9, “IG” 12 (2).60.27 (Mytil.))]; Spartan ναϝός [prev. work]5(1).1564 (plural, found at Delos, 5th-4th c.BC):—temple, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.39, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21 (_plural_), etc.)]
II inmost part of a temple, shrine containing the image of the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.183, 6.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 15, “UPZ” [same place]; ἐν παντὶ ἱερῷ ὅπου ναός ἐστι “PGnom.” 79 (2nd c.AD).)]
III portable shrine carried in processions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.63, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.15, etc.)]
IV metaphorically, of Christians, ν. θεοῦ ἐστε [NT (NT.1Cor.3.16)]; of the body of Christ, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.John.2.19, 21. [νᾰόν and νᾰῶ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32b iv (Phaestus, 2nd c.BC))]; elsewhere ᾱ.] (Perh. from νᾰσ-ϝός, compare ναίω.)
Doric dialect, Thess., etc. form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 1.42, “IG” 9(2).517.45 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), etc., used also in Trag. (even dialogue) to the exclusion of νεώς, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 8, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31, +others, except 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810)], rare in Attic dialect Prose and Comedy texts, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394a, “Lg.” 738c, 814b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174a24, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 29.1, more frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “HG” 2.3.20, “An.” 5.3.9, +others, found in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr.from 3rd c.BC, “IG” 22.1314.18, 1315.28, etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along with νεώς), “SIG” 277 (Priene, 4th c.BC), 214 (Phanagoria, 4th c.BC), 494.3 (Delph., 3rd c.BC), LXX.1Ki.1.9, +others (νεώς)] only in 2 Ma.), [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 6.22 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.30.2 (νεώς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4), etc.)]; Ionic dialectνηός, always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), but _genitive_ νε[ώ] “IG” 12(7).1.4 (Amorgos, 5th c.BC))]; dative νειῴ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Michel” 832.38 (Samos, 4th c.BC))]; Attic dialect νεώς (Attic Inscrr. of see-3rd c.BC (see. below), once in Trag. (see. above), frequently in Prose authors and found in Comedy texts (see. below)); declension, nominative νεώς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.1; _genitive_ νεώ “IG” 12.4.9,80.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 733, “IG” 22.1524.45, “SIG” 1219.32 (Gambreum, 3rd c.BC))]; dative νεῴ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.6.122, 256.4, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 40.3, “IG” 22.1504.7)]; accusative νεών [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]12.24.13, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 401, “Pl.” 741, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 139, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 340, later νεώ “IG” 22.212.35 (4th c.BC), +others, LXX.2Mac.6.2, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.58 (variant{νεών}), “SIG” 877 A 10 (2nd-3rd c.AD), variant in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.26, but νεών 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 27(16).19 (variant{νεώ}), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.6 (variant{νεώ} Bast “Epist.Crit.” p.176), etc.: _plural_ _nominative_ νεῴ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.7; _accusative_ νεώς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.117, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4; _dative_ νεῴς “IG” 12.384)]; on the accent see Hdn.Gr.1.8: Aeolic dialect ναῦος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9, “IG” 12 (2).60.27 (Mytil.))]; Spartan ναϝός [prev. work]5(1).1564 (plural, found at Delos, 5th-4th c.BC):—temple, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.39, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21 (_plural_), etc.)]
II inmost part of a temple, shrine containing the image of the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.183, 6.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 15, “UPZ” [same place]; ἐν παντὶ ἱερῷ ὅπου ναός ἐστι “PGnom.” 79 (2nd c.AD).)]
III portable shrine carried in processions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.63, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.15, etc.)]
IV metaphorically, of Christians, ν. θεοῦ ἐστε [NT (NT.1Cor.3.16)]; of the body of Christ, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.John.2.19, 21. [νᾰόν and νᾰῶ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32b iv (Phaestus, 2nd c.BC))]; elsewhere ᾱ.] (Perh. from νᾰσ-ϝός, compare ναίω.)