For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 26:21 · retained source text
For these causes the Iewes caught mee in the Temple, and went about to kill me.
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “temple”
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 3:16 · retained source text
Knowe yee not that yee are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1611 marginal note1.Cor. 6.19.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 3:17 · retained source text
If any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are.
1611 marginal noteOr, destroy.
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?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · retained source text
What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost which is in you, which yee haue of God, and ye are not your owne?
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 8:10 · retained source text
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meat in the idols temple: shall not the conscience of him which is weake, be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols?
1611 marginal noteGr. edified.
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 9:13 · retained source text
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things, liue of the things of the Temple? and they which wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar?
1611 marginal noteOr, feed.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 18.1.
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 6:16 · retained source text
And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idoles? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God, as God hath saide, I will dwell in them, and walke in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.12.
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 2:21 · retained source text
In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lord:
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Thessalonians 2:4 · retained source text
Who opposeth and exalteth himselfe aboue all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he as God, sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himselfe that he is God.
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.
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.
Complete reference index — all 182 verses
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Where “temple” appears
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
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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
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.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.