G3485 – naos – ναός – shrine, temple
- Strong’s ID:
- G3485
- Greek Word:
- ναός
- Transliteration:
- naos
- Pronunciation:
- nah-os’
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 46
- Search:
- Find “naos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a primary ναιω naio (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple:—shrine, temple. Comp G2411.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice
2) any heathen temple or shrine
3) metaphorically the spiritual temple consisting of the saints of all ages joined together by and in Christ
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.