Dict: easton - Temple

Temple @ first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the Lord" ( kjv@1Samuel:1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ's human body kjv@John:2:19-21). Believers are called "the temple of God" ( kjv@1Corinthians:3:16-17). The Church is designated "an holy temple in the Lord" kjv@Ephesians:2:21). Heaven is also called a temple kjv@Revelation:7:5). We read also of the heathen "temple of the great goddess Diana" kjv@Acts:19:27). This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It is called "the temple" (kjvKings:6:17); "the temple [R.V., 'house'] of the Lord" ( kjv@2Kings:11:10); "thy holy temple" kjv@Psalms:79:1); "the house of the Lord" ( kjv@2Chronicals:23:5 kjv@2Chronicals:23:12); "the house of the God of Jacob" kjv@Isaiah:2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an "house of prayer" (56:7; kjv@Matthew:21:13); "an house of sacrifice" ( kjv@2Chronicals:7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" ( kjv@2Chronicals:36:17); "the mountain of the Lord's house" kjv@Isaiah:2:2); "our holy and our beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace for the Lord God" ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" ( kjv@2Chronicals:24:6); "Zion" kjv@Psalms:74:2 kjv@Psalms:84:7). Christ calls it "my Father's house" kjv@John:2:16).