ἱερόν
hieros
temple
Lexicon Entry
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What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἱερόν (hieros), meaning "temple," occurs 72 times in the Bible. As a noun, it denotes a structure dedicated to the worship and reverence of a deity, often serving as a sacred space for rituals and offerings. The temple can refer to a physical building or a figurative space where spiritual or mystical transactions take place. The word ἱερόν is used across various contexts, from descriptions of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem to references to the heavenly temple in Revelation. This broad usage suggests that the concept of the temple transcends its physical form, signifying a place of connection with the divine or a transcendent realm.
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Occurrences in Scripture
72 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
Matthew 12:6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
Matthew 21:12Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Matthew 21:12Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Matthew 21:14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
Matthew 21:23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
Matthew 24:1Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
Matthew 24:1Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
Matthew 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.
Mark 11:11Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Mark 11:15They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Mark 11:15They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Mark 11:16He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
Mark 11:27They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,
Mark 12:35Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mark 13:1As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”
Mark 13:3As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
Mark 14:49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”
Mark 16:8They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
Luke 2:27He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
Luke 2:37and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.
Luke 2:46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
Luke 4:9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
Luke 18:10“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Luke 19:45He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
Luke 19:47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Luke 20:1On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
Luke 21:5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
Luke 21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
Luke 21:38All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
Luke 22:52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luke 22:53When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
Luke 24:53and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
John 2:14He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
John 2:15He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables.
John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
John 7:14But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
John 7:28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
John 8:2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
John 8:20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
John 8:59Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
Acts 3:2A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
John 10:23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
John 11:56Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”
John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
Acts 2:46Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 3:2A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
Acts 3:3Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.