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The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

TEMPLES AND SANCTUARIES. This entry consists of four articles that survey temples and sanctuaries in the ancient world of the Bible. The first focuses on temples in ancient Egypt, and the second focuses on temples in ancient Mesopotamia. The third focuses on temples in Syria and Palestine during the

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

House of God

House of God. Common phrase used in the ancient Near Eastern world for a structure used to accommodate a deity or his servants. It referred in the OT to the tabernacle (Dt 23:18; 1 Kgs 8:11–20); the Solomonic temple (1 Kgs 12:27; Jer 20:1), to national shrines, or to pagan temples (Jgs 9:4; 2 Kgs 10:21).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

House of God

House of God[Heb bêṯ (hā)ʾ^ĕlōhîm; Gk. oíkos theoú]. In Judges, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Psalms, etc., bêṯ (hā)ʾ^ĕlōhîm designates the sanctuary of the tabernacle (Josh. 9:23; Jgs. 18:31), the temple (1 Ch. 6:48 [MT 33]; 9:11, 26f.; 2 Ch. 3:3; Ps. 42:4 [MT 5]; etc.), and the second

Temple

Temple [Heb. hêḵāl—‘palace,’ ‘temple’; bayiṯ—‘house’; Gk. hierón—‘holy place’; naós—‘temple’]. The divine “house,” where the deity is perceived as in some sense mysteriously present, and where his cultic worship is carried on.In the OT, RSV “temple” most frequently renders Heb. hêḵāl (or its

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

House of God

HOUSE OF GOD Common phrase used in the ancient Near Eastern world for a structure used to accommodate a deity or his servants. In the OT it referred to the tabernacle (Dt 23:18; 1 Chr 6:31–32), Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 8:11–20; 12:27; Jer 20:1), national shrines, or pagan temples (Jgs 9:4; 2 Kgs 10:21).

Temple

TEMPLEPreview•Background•Solomon’s Temple•Zerubbabel’s Temple•Herod’s Temple•Significance of the Temple in the Old Testament•Significance of the Temple in the New TestamentBackground David’s capture of Jerusalem (2 Sm 5:6–9) and his designation of it as the nation’s capital is one of the great

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Temples

temples, religious structures, which were probably the most important and most visible institutions in the biblical world. Their prominence as architectural structures on the ancient landscape is a reflection of their integral role in the political and economic structure of ancient society. We think

The Temple

The Templethe jerusalem temple was the center of Israelite national life in the biblical period, beginning with the monarchy (tenth century bce) and continuing until its final destruction by the Roman legions in 70 ce. Despite the fact that the temple’s existence for over a millennium was nearly continuous,

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Temple

TEMPLE. The principal Heb. word for “temple” is hêkāl, “palace, large building” (cf. 1 Kgs 21:1; Ps 45:8, 15; Isa 39:7). It is a loan-word from Akkadian ekallu, in turn borrowed from Sumerian E-GAL, “great house.” In addition to its references to the temple in Jerusalem the word is used of the sanctuary

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Temple

TempleA sacred, demarcated place. The English term derives from Lat. templum, a place set aside for the purpose of augury (Varro De ling. lat.; cf. “contemplate”). A Greek cognate, témenos, was a precinct, a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god; the term now means the platform

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Temple

Temple (Heb. hêḵāl, bayiṯ; Gk. hierón, naós).† A building, generally thought of as the dwelling-place of a deity, in which the corporate worship of that deity is centered. The basic plan of many ancient Palestinian and Syrian temples consisted of two rooms adjoined end to end, with a single

The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

Temples

TEMPLESpre-canaanite and canaanite period The first temples, shrines consecrated to the service of a god, probably date from as early as man’s first settlements. The earliest known temple in Palestine is that at Jericho (stratum IX), which is of the Neolithic period. It was an oblong structure, with

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels

Temple

TempleThe Jerusalem Temple was a significant element in the religious, social and political setting of Jesus’ life and ministry. It comes to the forefront most prominently in Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple (see Temple Cleansing) and his words about its coming destruction (see Destruction of Jerusalem),

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters

Temple

TemplePaul very clearly uses temple language at several points in his letters, and interpreters have drawn attention to other possible temple allusions. Paul primarily applied the imagery to the people of God, both individually and corporately, and seems to have used its associated imagery to speak

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