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
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.
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
And he taught daily in the Temple. But the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him,
AND it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
¶ And it came to passe, that on one of those dayes, as he taught the people in the Temple, and preached the Gospel, the chiefe Priests and the Scribes came vpon him, with the Elders,
1611 marginal noteMatt. 21.23.
¶ And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
¶ And as some spake of the Temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones, and gifts, he said,
1611 marginal noteMat. 24.1.
And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
And in the day time he was teaching in the Temple, and at night hee went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Oliues.
And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
And all the people came earely in the morning to him in the Temple, for to heare him.
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
Then Iesus said vnto the chiefe Priests, and captaines of the Temple, and the Elders which were come to him, Be ye come out as against a thiefe, with swords and staues?
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Source order
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.
