ΝΑΟΣ, ναος
NAOS, naos
Sounds Like: NAH-oss
Translations: temple, a temple, sanctuary, shrine
From the root: ΝΑΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a temple or sanctuary, specifically the inner sanctuary or holy place within a larger temple complex where the deity was believed to reside. It is often used to distinguish the sacred inner chamber from the outer courts or the entire temple precinct. In a sentence, it would be used like 'They entered the temple' or 'The priest served in the temple.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3485 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:16
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 5:18
- Tobit — 1:4
- 1 Maccabees — 2:8
- Psalms — 64:5
- Jeremiah — 7:4
- Haggai — 2:18
- Zechariah — 8:9
- Matthew — 23:17
- John — 2:20
- 1 Corinthians — 3:16, 3:17, 6:19
- 2 Corinthians — 6:16
- Revelation — 11:19, 15:5, 15:8, 21:22
- Epistle of Barnabas — 4:11, 6:15, 16:5, 16:6, 16:7, 16:8, 16:10
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 6:125
- Book 8 — 3:62, 3:97, 4:114
- Book 10 — 4:56, 5:80, 8:147, 9:184
- Book 11 — 4:80, 7:300
- Book 15 — 11:386, 11:392, 11:419
- Book 18 — 8:309
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 6:18
- Ezra (Alpha) — 5:52
- Judith — 5:18
- Tobit — 1:4, 1:4
- 1 Maccabees — 2:8
- Psalms — 64:5
- Jeremiah — 7:4
- Ezekiel — 41:15, 41:21
- Haggai — 2:18
- Zechariah — 8:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 23:17
- John — 2:20
- 1 Corinthians — 3:16, 3:17, 6:19
- 2 Corinthians — 6:16
- Revelation — 11:19, 15:5, 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
- ΝΑΟΝ — temple, a temple, shrine, a 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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