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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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Malachi 3:1
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BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Beholde, I will send my messenger, and he shal prepare the way before mee: and the LORD whom ye seeke, shall suddenly come to his Temple: euen ye messenger of the Couenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

1611 marginal noteMatt.11.10. mat.1.2 luk.1.76. & 7.27.

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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)