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Lexicon :: Strong's G3485 - naos

Aa
ναός
Transliteration
naos (Key)
Pronunciation
nah-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary naio (to dwell)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:880,625

Trench's Synonyms: iii. ἱερόν, ναός.

Strong’s Definitions

ναός naós, nah-os'; from a primary ναίω naíō (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple:—shrine, temple. Compare G2411.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's G3485 in the following manner: temple (45x), a shrine (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's G3485 in the following manner: temple (45x), a shrine (1x).

  1. used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice (or sanctuary) itself, consisting of the Holy place and the Holy of Holies (in classical Greek it is used of the sanctuary or cell of the temple, where the image of the god was placed which is distinguished from the whole enclosure)

  2. any heathen temple or shrine

  3. metaph. the spiritual temple consisting of the saints of all ages joined together by and in Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ναός naós, nah-os'; from a primary ναίω naíō (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple:—shrine, temple. Compare G2411.
STRONGS G3485:
ναός, ναοῦ, ὁ (ναίω to dwell), the Sept. for הֵיכָל, used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice (or sanctuary) itself, consisting of the Holy place and the Holy of holies (in classical Greek used of the sanctuary or cell of a temple, where the image of the god was placed, called also δόμος, σηκός, which is to be distinguished from τό ἱερόν, the whole temple, the entire consecrated enclosure; this distinction is observed also in the Bible; see ἱερόν, p. 299{a}): Matthew 23:16f, 35 27:40; Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; John 2:19; Revelation 11:2; nor need Matthew 27:5 be regarded as an exception, provided we suppose that Judas in his desperation entered the Holy place, which no one but the priests was allowed to enter ((note the εἰς (others, ἐν) of T Tr WH)). with Θεοῦ, τοῦ Θεοῦ, added: Matthew 26:61; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 11:1; used specifically of the Holy place, where the priests officiated: Luke 1:9, 21f; of the Holy of holies (see καταπέτασμα), Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45. in the visions of the Revelation used of the temple of the 'New Jerusalem': Revelation 3:12; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 14:15, 17; Revelation 15:5f, 8; Revelation 16:1, 17; of any temple whatever prepared for the true God, Acts 7:48 Rec.; Acts 17:24. of miniature silver temples modeled after the temple of Diana (i. e. Artemis (which see)) of Ephesus, Acts 19:24. ὁ Θεός ναός αὐτῆς ἐστιν, takes the place of a temple in it, Revelation 21:22. metaphorically, of a company of Christians, a Christian church, as dwelt in by the Spirit of God: 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:21; for the same reason, of the bodies of Christians, 1 Corinthians 6:19. of the body of Christ, ὁ ναός τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ (epexegetical genitive (Winer's Grammar, 531 (494))), John 2:21, and according to the Evangelist's interpretation in 19 also. ((From Homer on.))
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:16; 23:35; 26:61; 27:5; 27:40; 27:51
Mark
14:58; 15:29; 15:38
Luke
1:9; 1:21; 23:45
John
2:19; 2:21
Acts
7:48; 17:24; 19:24
1 Corinthians
3:16; 3:17; 6:19
2 Corinthians
6:16; 6:16
Ephesians
2:21
2 Thessalonians
2:4
Revelation
3:12; 7:15; 11:1; 11:2; 11:19; 14:15; 14:17; 15:5; 15:8; 16:1; 16:17; 21:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3485 matches the Greek ναός (naos),
which occurs 45 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5 - And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:38 - And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:9 - And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:21 - And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45 - The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:21 - But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 - The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:24 - For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:16 - Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:17 - If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:19 - Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16 - And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21 - In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:4 - Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:15 - This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:19 - And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:15 - And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:17 - And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:5 - And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6 - And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:8 - And the house of God was full of smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no one was able to go into the house of God, till the seven punishments of the seven angels were ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:1 - And a great voice out of the house of God came to my ears, saying to the seven angels, Go, and let that which is in the seven vessels of the wrath of God come down on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:17 - And the seventh let what was in his vessel come out on the air; and there came out a great voice from the house of God, from the high seat, saying, It is done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:22 - And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.
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