KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 1:9
Complete exact-word concordance
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and maruelled that hee taried so long in the temple.
And 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.
And when he came out, he could not speake vnto them: and they perceiued that he had seene a vision in the temple: for he beckened vnto them, and remained speechlesse.
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
And hee came by the spirit into the Temple: and when the parents brought in the child Iesus, to doe for him after the custome of the Lawe,
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day.
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And it came to passe, that after three daies they found him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the Doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
And hee brought him to Hierusalem, and set him on a pinacle of the Temple, and said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe from hence.
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
From the blood of Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias, which perished betweene the Altar and the Temple: Uerely I say vnto you, it shall be required of this generation.
1611 marginal noteGen. 4.8.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Two men went vp into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publicane.
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
And he went into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that bought,
1611 marginal noteMatth. 21.12.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
But he spake of the temple of his body.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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?
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
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.
