Word

ναός

naós · G3485 · Greek · 45 occurrences

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A word for 3 things

Jewish TempleTemples307 verses
Holy of Holies, Most Holy PlaceTabernacle56 verses
Shrine modelIdols1 verse

Meanings

temple, sanctuary

A building in which a deity is worshiped (in the case of the Temple in Jerusalem, a place where God was also regarded as dwelling)

Examples
Matthew 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
Matthew 23:17 “You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Matthew 23:21 “And the one who swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells in it.
replica temple, model of a shrine

A small replica or model of a temple or shrine

Examples
Acts 19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen;

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

18 occurrences in 9 groups

θεόςGod 9
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

6 occurrences in 4 groups

οὗτοςthis 3
ἅγιοςholy 1
χειροποίητοςman-made 1
ἀργύρεοςof silver 1

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 3 groups

οὐρανόςheaven, sky 2
ἁγιάζωto sanctify, to consecrate 1
χειροποίητοςman-made 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἀνοίγωto open 2
γεμίζωto fill 1
οἰκοδομέωto build, to build up 1

What is done to itIt is the object

9 occurrences in 6 groups

καταλύωto destroy, to tear down 4
εἴδωto know 1
λύωto untie 1
μετρέωto measure 1
ποιέωto do, to make 1
φθείρωto destroy 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἅγιοςholy 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐγώI, we 1
κύριοςLord 1
σῶμαbody 1
ἀρνίονlamb 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

20 occurrences in 5 groups

ἐνin 16
εἰςto 11
ἐκfrom 10
μεταξύbetween 2
περίconcerning, about, for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 3 groups

καταπέτασμαdrape 3
ἔξωθενoutside, from outside 1
χρυσόςgold 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

הֵיכָל hêykâl · H1964 · palace, temple, temple building: Hebrew הֵיכָל (palace, temple) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Greek ναός (shrine, temple), with both terms denoting the temple building or sanctuary structure proper, distinguished from outer courts or the broader temple complex.
הֵיכַל hêykal · H1965 · palace, temple: Hebrew הֵיכַל denotes both royal palace and temple building (especially the sanctuary/holy place proper within the temple complex), while Greek ναός specifically refers to the sacred temple structure itself (sanctuary/inner shrine), excluding the broader palace sense.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Replica temple, model of a shrine6.100: This sense denotes a small manufactured replica of a shrine. Acts 19:24 describes “a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis,” bringing considerable business to the craftsmen.
Temple, sanctuary7.15: This sense denotes the sacred inner sanctuary of a temple. Matthew 27:51 records that at Jesus's death, “the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.”

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ναοῦ, ὁ (ναίω to dwell), the Sept. for הֵיכָל, used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only…

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}): Mt 23:16f, 35 27:40; Mk 14:58; Mk 15:29; Jn 2:19; Rev 11:2; nor need Mt 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: Mt 26:61; 1 Cor 3:17; 2 Cor 6:16; 2 Thess 2:4; Rev 11:1; used specifically of the Holy place, where the priests officiated: Lk 1:9, Lk 1:21f; of the Holy of holies (see καταπέτασμα), Mt 27:51; Mk 15:38; Lk 23:45. in the visions of the Revelation used of the temple of the 'New Jerusalem': Rev 3:12; Rev 7:15; Rev 11:19; Rev 14:15, Rev 14:17; Rev 15:5f, 8; Rev 16:1, Rev 16:17; of any temple whatever prepared for the true God, Acts 7:48 Rec.; . 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, Rev 21:22. metaphorically, of a company of Christians, a Christian church, as dwelt in by the Spirit of God: 1 Cor 3:16; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:21; for the same reason, of the bodies of Christians, 1 Cor 6:19. of the body of Christ, ὁ ναός τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ (epexegetical genitive (Winer's Grammar, 531 (494))), Jn 2:21, and according to the Evangelist's interpretation in 19 also. ((From Homer on.))

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Images and Idols1 occurrence Buildings44 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0