ΤΕΜΕΝΟΥΣ, τεμενους
TEMENOUS, temenous
Sounds Like: TEH-meh-noos
Translations: of a sacred precinct, of a temple, of a sanctuary
From the root: ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sacred precinct, a consecrated area, or a temple. It is often used to describe a piece of land set apart and dedicated to a deity or for religious purposes. In the provided examples, it consistently refers to a sacred space.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5087 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:126
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 1:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΤΕΜΕΝ — sacred precinct, a sacred precinct, temple, a temple, shrine, a shrine
- ΤΕΜΕΝΕΙ — (to) a sacred precinct, (to) a sacred enclosure, (to) a temple, (to) a shrine
- ΤΕΜΕΝΕΣΙ — to a sacred precinct, for a sacred precinct, to a temple, for a temple, to a shrine, for a shrine, to sacred precincts, for sacred precincts, to temples, for temples, to shrines, for shrines
- ΤΕΜΕΝΗ — sacred precincts, sacred enclosures, temples, shrines
- ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ — sacred precinct, temple, a sacred precinct, a temple
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