ναός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *nahwós, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”). See νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /naː.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /naˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /naˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /naˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /naˈos/
Noun
νᾱός • (nāós) m (genitive νᾱοῦ); second declension (Doric, Tragic, Koine)
- a temple
- innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, the part of the temple considered most pure and holy
- 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 3:16:
- οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;
- ouk oídate hóti naòs theoû este kaì tò pneûma toû theoû oikeî en humîn?
- 1887 translation by Edwin Palmer
- Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
- οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νᾱός ho nāós |
τὼ νᾱώ tṑ nāṓ |
τοὶ νᾱοί toì nāoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾱοῖο toû nāoîo |
τοῖν νᾱοῖν toîn nāoîn |
τῶν νᾱῶν tôn nāôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾱῷ tôi nāôi |
τοῖν νᾱοῖν toîn nāoîn |
τοῖς νᾱοῖς toîs nāoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νᾱόν tòn nāón |
τὼ νᾱώ tṑ nāṓ |
τοὺς νᾱούς toùs nāoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾱέ nāé |
νᾱώ nāṓ |
νᾱοί nāoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ναοφύλαξ (naophúlax)
- ναΐσκος (naḯskos)
- ναἶσχος (naîskhos)
Descendants
See also
- ἱερόν (hierón)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 766
- “ναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ναός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “temple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈos/
Declension
See also
- ναυς (nafs)
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