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ναός
naós · Greek · Strong's G3485 · 45 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “temple”
What it means
a fane, shrine, temple
from a primary (to dwell);
How the KJV renders it
shrine, temple
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“temple”
Questions this word decides
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
- What happens to those who never heard the gospel?
Where it appears
45 occurrences in the Greek text, first 39 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:16 N-NSM1 Corinthians 3:17 N-ASM1 Corinthians 6:19 N-NSM2 Corinthians 6:16 N-DSM2 Thessalonians 2:4 N-ASMActs 17:24 N-DPMActs 19:24 N-APMEphesians 2:21 N-ASMJohn 2:19 N-ASMJohn 2:20 N-NSMJohn 2:21 N-GSMLuke 1:9 N-ASMLuke 1:21 N-DSMLuke 1:22 N-DSMLuke 23:45 N-GSMMatthew 23:16 N-DSMMatthew 23:17 N-NSMMatthew 23:21 N-DSMMatthew 23:35 N-GSMMatthew 26:61 N-ASMMatthew 27:5 N-ASMMatthew 27:40 N-ASMMatthew 27:51 N-GSMMark 14:58 N-ASMMark 15:29 N-ASMMark 15:38 N-GSMRevelation 3:12 N-DSMRevelation 7:15 N-DSMRevelation 11:1 N-ASMRevelation 11:2 N-GSMRevelation 11:19 N-DSMRevelation 14:15 N-GSMRevelation 14:17 N-GSMRevelation 15:5 N-NSMRevelation 15:6 N-GSMRevelation 15:8 N-ASMRevelation 16:1 N-GSMRevelation 16:17 N-GSMRevelation 21:22 N-ASM
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