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temple

Meaning of “temple”

Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
204 occurrences182 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 1:9

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Daniel 5:2
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Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 5:2 · retained source text

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commaunded to bring the golden and siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Ierusalem, that the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines might drinke therein.

1611 marginal noteCald. brought foorth.

Daniel 5:3
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Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 5:3 · retained source text

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was at Ierusalem, and the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines dranke in them.

Complete reference index — all 182 verses
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Where “temple” appears

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1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings6 occurrences
6 verses2 Kings8 occurrences
6 verses1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 verses2 Chronicles12 occurrences
10 versesEzra9 occurrences
6 versesNehemiah3 occurrences
2 versesPsalms10 occurrences
10 versesIsaiah3 occurrences
3 versesJeremiah6 occurrences
4 versesEzekiel10 occurrences
9 versesDaniel2 occurrences
2 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseJonah2 occurrences
2 versesMicah1 occurrence
1 verseHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah5 occurrences
5 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew20 occurrences
17 versesMark12 occurrences
11 versesLuke19 occurrences
19 versesJohn14 occurrences
14 versesActs25 occurrences
24 verses1 Corinthians7 occurrences
5 verses2 Corinthians2 occurrences
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation16 occurrences
13 verses

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

John 2:21

But he spake of the temple of his body.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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A public edifice erected in honor of some deity. ... In Scripture, the tabernacle is sometimes called by this name. ... A place in which the divine presence specially resides.

volume 2, leaf 745, columns 2-3 (sacred-place noun entry, senses 1 and 3)