ΝΑΟΝ, ναον
NAON, naon
Sounds Like: NAH-on
Translations: temple, a temple, shrine, a shrine
From the root: ΝΑΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: ΝΑΟΝ is the accusative singular form of the noun ΝΑΟΣ, meaning 'temple' or 'shrine'. It specifically refers to the inner sanctuary of a temple, the dwelling place of the deity, as distinct from the broader temple complex (ἱερόν). It is used when the temple is the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition that takes the accusative case.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3485 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 23:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 4:49
- Psalms — 5:8, 27:2, 44:16, 78:1, 137:2
- Wisdom — 9:8
- Sirach — 50:1, 50:7
- Jonah — 2:5, 2:8
- Haggai — 2:9
- Malachi — 3:1
- Matthew — 27:5, 27:40
- Mark — 14:58, 15:29
- Luke — 1:9
- John — 2:19
- 1 Corinthians — 3:17
- Ephesians — 2:21
- 2 Thessalonians — 2:4
- Revelation — 11:1, 15:8
- Epistle of Barnabas — 16:3, 16:9
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 6:129, 10:242, 10:243, 10:245, 12:278
- Book 4 — 8:314
- Book 5 — 1:68
- Book 6 — 1:2, 12:268
- Book 7 — 4:91, 4:92, 4:93, 5:106, 13:334, 14:337, 14:339, 14:342, 14:371
- Book 8 — 2:51, 3:62, 3:65, 3:68, 3:70, 3:71, 3:76, 3:87, 3:90, 3:92, 4:99, 4:101, 4:102, 4:105, 4:106, 4:108, 4:110, 4:111, 4:114, 4:115, 4:123, 4:125, 4:126, 4:128, 5:134, 5:139, 6:146, 7:198, 8:219, 8:228, 13:318
- Book 9 — 1:5, 6:138, 8:161, 12:257
- Book 10 — 1:16, 3:37, 3:42, 7:113, 7:126, 7:128, 8:144, 8:145, 8:146, 8:148, 11:233, 11:271, 11:275
- Book 11 — 1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:14, 2:22, 2:24, 2:29, 3:31, 3:58, 4:81, 4:83, 4:84, 4:86, 4:89, 4:90, 4:91, 4:92, 4:97, 4:99, 4:101, 7:297, 7:301, 8:310, 8:324, 8:329
- Book 12 — 5:245, 5:250, 5:257, 7:316, 7:317, 7:318, 7:320, 7:321, 7:323, 7:324, 9:357, 10:406
- Book 13 — 3:63, 3:64, 3:67, 7:99, 9:256, 10:285, 13:373
- Book 14 — 4:71, 7:113, 16:482
- Book 15 — 8:298, 10:363, 11:385, 11:389, 11:391, 11:396, 11:423, 11:425
- Book 16 — 4:115
- Book 18 — 3:79, 8:280
- Book 20 — 10:228, 10:231, 10:233, 10:236, 10:250
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:27, 2:2, 2:3, 2:9, 8:12, 19:1, 19:8, 22:1, 22:3, 22:4, 34:4
- Book Two — 2:17, 12:15, 16:68, 17:8, 17:20
- Book Four — 3:42, 11:20
- Book Five — 1:19, 1:36, 3:4, 3:5, 4:2, 5:2, 5:43, 5:46, 8:4, 9:58, 9:64, 10:25, 11:11
- Book Six — 2:28, 2:29, 2:31, 2:34, 2:36, 4:21, 4:30, 4:33, 4:35, 4:42, 5:20, 5:41, 6:31, 6:32
- Book Seven — 8:128, 10:21, 10:27
Justin Martyr
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 9:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 26:16, 27:2, 29:17
- Ezra (Alpha) — 2:17, 2:18, 4:45, 5:55, 5:56, 5:64, 6:18
- Ezra (Beta) — 5:14
- 1 Maccabees — 4:49
- 2 Maccabees — 8:2, 14:35
- 3 Maccabees — 1:10, 3:17, 5:43
- Psalms — 5:8, 26:4, 27:2, 44:16, 78:1, 137:2
- Odes — 5:5, 5:8
- Wisdom — 9:8
- Sirach — 50:1, 50:7
- Ezekiel — 8:16, 41:1
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 14:14
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:14
- Jonah — 2:5, 2:8
- Haggai — 2:9
- Malachi — 3:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 26:61, 27:5, 27:40
- Mark — 14:58, 15:29
- Luke — 1:9
- John — 2:19
- 1 Corinthians — 3:17
- Ephesians — 2:21
- 2 Thessalonians — 2:4
- Revelation — 11:1, 15:8, 21:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΑΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΑΙΣΚΟΣ — small temple, shrine, a small temple, a shrine
- ΝΑΟ — temple, a temple, sanctuary, a sanctuary
- ΝΑΟΙ — temples, sanctuaries, shrines
- ΝΑΟΙΣ — to temples, in temples, for temples
- ΝΑΟΣ — temple, a temple, sanctuary, shrine
- ΝΑΟΥ — of a temple, of the temple, to a temple, to the temple, temples
- ΝΑΟΥΣ — temples, shrines, sanctuaries
- ΝΑΩ — to a temple, in a temple, to the temple, in the temple
- ΝΑΩΝ — of temples, of shrines, of sanctuaries
- ΝΗΟΝ — a temple, temple, shrine, a shrine
- ΠΡΟΝΑΙΟΝ — fore-temple, a fore-temple, porch, a porch, vestibule, a vestibule
- ΤΟΥΝΑΟΥ — of the temple, of a temple
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