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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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Revelation 3:12
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 3:12 · retained source text

Him that ouercommeth, will I make a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he shall goe no more out: and I wil write vpon him the Name of my God, and the name of the Citie of my God, which is new Hierusalem, which commeth downe out of heauen from my God: And I will write vpon him my New name.

Revelation 7:15
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 7:15 · retained source text

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serue him day and night in his Temple: and hee that sitteth on the Throne shal dwell among them.

1611 marginal noteCha. 21.3.

Revelation 11:1
AND there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And there was giuen me a reede like vnto a rod, and the Angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the Temple of God, and the Altar, and them that worship therein.

Revelation 11:2
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 11:2 · retained source text

But the Court which is without the Temple leaue out, and measure it not: for it is giuen vnto the Gentiles, and the holy citie shall they tread vnder foote fourty and two moneths.

1611 marginal noteGr. cast out

Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 11:19 · retained source text

And the Temple of God was opened in heauen, and there was seene in his Temple the Arke of his Testament, and there were lightnings, and voyces, and thundrings, and an earthquake, and great haile.

Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 14:15 · retained source text

And another Angel came out of the Temple crying with a loude voice to him that sate on the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle and reape, for the time is come for thee to reape, for the haruest of the earth is ripe.

1611 marginal noteOr, dryed.

1611 marginal noteIoel 3.13.

Revelation 15:6
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 15:6 · retained source text

And the seuen Angels came out of the Temple, hauing the seuen plagues, clothed in pure and white linnen, and hauing their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 15:8 · retained source text

And the Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no man was able to enter into the Temple, till the seuen plagues of the seuen Angels were fulfilled.

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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)