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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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Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 8:16 · retained source text

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house, and behold at the doore of the Temple of the LORD, betweene the porch and the altar, were about fiue and twentie men, with their backes toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces towards the East, and they worshipped the sunne towards the East.

Ezekiel 41:1
AFTERWARD he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:1 · retained source text

¶ Afterward he brought me to the Temple, and measured the posts, six cubites broad on the one side, and sixe cubites broad on the other side, which was the bredth of the Tabernacle.

Ezekiel 41:4
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:4 · retained source text

So he measured the length therof twentie cubites, and the bredth twentie cubites before the temple, and he said vnto me; This is the most holy place.

Ezekiel 41:15
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:15 · retained source text

And he measured the length of the building ouer against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side, and on the other side an hundreth cubites with the inner temple, and the porches of the court.

1611 marginal noteOr, seuerall walkes, Or, walkes with pillars.

Ezekiel 41:20
From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:20 · retained source text

From the ground vnto aboue the doore were Cherubims and Palme-trees made, & on the wall of the temple.

Ezekiel 41:21
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:21 · retained source text

The postes of the Temple were squared, and the face of the Sanctuary, the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

1611 marginal noteHeb. poste.

Ezekiel 41:23
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:23 · retained source text

And the Temple and the Sanctuarie had two doores.

Ezekiel 41:25
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:25 · retained source text

And there were made on them, on the doores of the Temple, Cherubims and Palme-trees, like as were made vpon the walles, and there were thicke planckes vpon the face of the porch without.

Ezekiel 42:8
For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 42:8 · retained source text

For the length of the chambers that were in the vtter court was fiftie cubites: and loe, before the Temple were an hundreth cubites.

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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

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)