ναός, -οῦ, ὁ,
(Att. νεώς; < ναίω, to inhabit), [in LXX (νεώς, II Mac 6:2, al.) chiefly for הֵיכָל;]
1. a temple (Hom., Pind., al.).
2. The inmost part of a temple, the shrine (Hdt., Xen., al.); in NT,
(a) generally: pl., Ac 17:24; of silver models of a heathen shrine, Ac 19:24;
(b) of the temple building proper, or sanctuary, at Jerusalem, as distinct from τ. ἱερόν (q.v.), the whole temple enclosure: Mt 23:16, 17, 3527:5, 40, Mk 14:5815:29, Jo 2:19, 20, Re 11:2; (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mt 26:6127:51, Mk 15:38, Lk 1:9, 21, 2223:45, I Co 3:17, II Co 6:16, II Th 2:4, Re 11:1; of the temple in the Apocal. visions, Re 3:127:1511:1914:15, 1715:5, 6, 816:1, 1721:22a. Metaph., of Christians, I Co 3:166:19, II Co 6:16, Eph 2:21; of Christ's body, Jo 2:21 (cf. Jo 2:19); ὁ θεὸς ν. αὐτῆς ἐστιν, Re 21:22b.†
SYN.: ἱερόν.