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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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Jeremiah 7:4
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:4 · retained source text

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD are these.

Jeremiah 24:1
THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:1 · retained source text

¶ The LORD shewed mee, and behold, two baskets of figges were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon had caried away captiue Ieconiah the sonne of Iehoiakim king of Iudah, and the princes of Iudah, with the carpenters and smiths from Ierusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

1611 marginal note2.Kings. 24. 2.chron. 36.10.

Jeremiah 50:28
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:28 · retained source text

The voice of them that flee & escape out of the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his Temple.

Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:11 · retained source text

Make bright the arrowes: gather the shields: the LORD hath raised vp the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his deuice is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

1611 marginal noteHeb. pure.

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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)