Bible Encyclopedia: Sanctuaries

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Strong's Hebrew

4720. miqdash -- a sacred place, sanctuary
... qodesh Definition a sacred place, sanctuary NASB Word Usage holy (1), holy place
(2), holy places (1), places (1), sacred part (1), sanctuaries (5), sanctuary ...
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Library

The Prophetic and Priestly Documents
... it may be inferred that J originated in Judah; while the special attention paid
in E to the sanctuaries of the northern kingdom, such as Shechem and Bethel, is ...
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The African Rome
... Hard by these sanctuaries, the Proconsul's palace dominated Carthage from the height
of the acclivity of the Acropolis. ... The pagan sanctuaries were numerous. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii the african rome.htm

Deuteronomy
... (a) As the true worship is jeopardized by a multiplicity of sanctuaries, these
sanctuaries are declared illegal, and their paraphernalia are to be destroyed ...
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The Cities of Refuge
... These careful definitions freed the cities from becoming nests of desperate criminals,
as the 'sanctuaries' of the Middle Ages in Europe became. ...
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Jeremiah and Deuteronomy. (Chs. vii, viii. 8, xi. )
... A natural occasion for the migration of his family and himself would be upon Josiah's
disestablishment of the rural sanctuaries and provision for their priests ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/3 jeremiah and deuteronomy chs.htm

The Old Testament and Comparative Religion
... original. The twin pillars, which Solomon erected in the porch of the temple,
have their counterparts in Babylonian sanctuaries. ...
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On Attractiveness.
... poetry and art. The Sabbaths of such men were days to be feared; their
sanctuaries places without a gleam of sunshine. What wonder ...
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The Note of Edification.
... Finally, we are told that in all probability if Jesus Christ came to earth in the
flesh, He would in these times be found outside the sanctuaries in which His ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter iv the note of.htm

The Growth of the Old Testament Prophetic Histories
... body of oral traditions which had long been handed down from father to son or else
treasured by the story-tellers and by the priests of the ancient sanctuaries ...
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The Rock of Castello.
... When the poor peasants were persecuted by their foes, their cottages and hamlets
plundered, their loved sanctuaries burnt with fire, and "all their pleasant ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/the rock of castello.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Sanctuary.

Thesaurus

Sanctuaries (14 Occurrences)
...Sanctuaries (14 Occurrences). Acts 7:48 But the Most High in sanctuaries made with
hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith: (YLT). ...
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Persians (6 Occurrences)
... and remove them to Babylon, thereby increasing the sacredness and magnificence of
that city but inflicting injury on neighboring and more ancient sanctuaries. ...
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Olives (30 Occurrences)
... Jordan valley and Dead Sea to the lands of Ammon and Moab-should have been neglected
in the days when Semitic religion crowned such spots with their sanctuaries...
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Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)
... Three Stages 3. Difficulties of the Theory (1) Slaughter Not Necessarily Sacrificial
(2) Sacrifice and Theophany (3) Alleged Plurality of Sanctuaries (4) The ...
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Harlot (87 Occurrences)
... These and cognate words are applied especially in the Old Testament to those devoted
to immoral service in idol sanctuaries, or given over to a dissolute life ...
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Images (158 Occurrences)
... In close connection with the Astarte sanctuaries in Palestine were found numberless
bodies of little children, none over a week old, undoubtedly representing ...
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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... Jordan valley and Dead Sea to the lands of Ammon and Moab-should have been neglected
in the days when Semitic religion crowned such spots with their sanctuaries...
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Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)
... He therefore resolved to establish national sanctuaries in Israel. Accordingly,
he fixed on Bethel, which from time immemorial was ...
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Universe (19 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:24 GOD who made the universe and everything in it--He, being Lord of Heaven
and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men. (WEY). ...
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Odors (8 Occurrences)
... (WEY WBS). Leviticus 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your
sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sanctuaries (14 Occurrences)

Acts 7:48 But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:
(YLT)

Acts 17:24 GOD who made the universe and everything in it--He, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men.
(WEY)

Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ.
(WEY YLT)

Leviticus 21:23 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 26:31 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:29 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.
(See NAS)

1 Kings 6:30 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
(See NAS)

Psalms 68:35 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
(WEB DBY YLT)

Psalms 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of ?God; then understood I their end.
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh's house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 7:24 Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned.
(DBY NIV)

Ezekiel 21:2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 7:9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Sanctuaries

Related Terms

Persians (6 Occurrences)

Olives (30 Occurrences)

Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)

Harlot (87 Occurrences)

Images (158 Occurrences)

Malchiel (3 Occurrences)

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

Universe (19 Occurrences)

Odors (8 Occurrences)