ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ, τεμενος
TEMENOS, temenos
Sounds Like: TEH-meh-noss
Translations: sacred precinct, temple, a sacred precinct, a temple
From the root: ΤΕΜΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sacred enclosure or a piece of land set apart and dedicated to a deity, often containing a temple or altar. It is a consecrated area, distinct from common ground, and is used to denote a holy place or sanctuary.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5090 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΤΕΜΕΝΟΥΣ — of a sacred precinct, of a temple, of a sanctuary
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