Midvash

ναόςnaós

a fane, shrine, temple

Greek (New Testament) · G3485

Meanings

1. a temple (Hom., Pind., and elsewhere).

2. The inmost part of a temple, the shrine; in NT

(a) generally: plural, Acts 17:24; of silver models of a heathen shrine, Acts 19:24

(b) of the temple building proper, or sanctuary, at Jerusalem, as distinct from τ. ἱερόν (see that word), the whole temple enclosure: Matthew 23:16, Matthew 23:17, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 27:5, Matthew 27:40, Mark 14:58, Mark 15:29, John 2:19, John 2:20, Revelation 11:2; (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Matthew 26:61, Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38, Luke 1:9, Luke 1:21, Luke 1:22, Luke 23:45, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 11:1; of the temple in the Apocal. visions, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 7:15, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 15:5, Revelation 15:6, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 21:22. Metaph., of Christians, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:21; of Christ's body, John 2:21 (cf. John 2:19); ὁ θεὸς ν. αὐτῆς ἐστιν, Revelation 21:22.

Synonyms

ἱερόν.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 45 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 23:16 “Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’
  • Matthew 23:17 Blind fools! Which is more important—the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
  • Matthew 23:21 And when you swear ‘by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.
  • Matthew 23:35 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.
  • Matthew 26:61 who declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
  • Matthew 27:5 Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.