Words the Bible translates as temple
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- naosναόςthe inner sanctuary where a god is held to live: the dwelling-place itself, not the surrounding grounds
- hierosἱερόνthe temple: the whole sacred building and its surrounding courts, the place set apart for God
- hekhalהֵיכָלthe great house of a sovereign: the grand residence of a king or a god, and the imposing main hall at its heart
- miqdashמִקְדָּשׁa sanctuary: a place set apart as holy, where a deity is approached and worshiped
- bayitבַּיִתa house: a building where someone lives or where something is kept
- hekhalהֵיכַלa grand house: the palace of a king or the temple of a god
- raqqahרַקָּהtemplenot studied yet
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