KJV dictionary & concordance
A holy or set-apart place of dwelling, worship, or refuge.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 15:17
Complete exact-word concordance
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Lift vp thy feete vnto the perpetuall desolations: euen all that the enemie hath done wickedly in the Sanctuarie.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
They haue cast fire into thy Sanctuary, they haue defiled by casting downe, the dwelling place of thy Nawe to the ground.
1611 marginal noteHebr. they bene sent thy Sanctuarie into the fire.
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Thy way, O God, is in the Sanctuarie: who is so great a God, as our God?
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuarie: euen to this mountaine which his right hand had purchased.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
And he built his sanctuarie like high palaces: like the earth which he hath established for euer.
1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Honour and maiestie are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
For hee hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: from heauen did the LORD beholde the earth:
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Iudah was his sanctuarie: and Israel his dominion.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
Lift vp your hands in the Sanctuary: & blesse the LORD.
1611 marginal noteOr, in holinesse.
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his Sanctuarie: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
1611 marginal noteHalleluiah.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A sacred place; particularly among the Israelites, the most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and that only once a year to intercede for the people. […] A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed.
