naos denotes a temple sanctuary, whether a physical site, a heavenly setting, or a temple identified with persons.

The word most often identifies a physical temple setting: a place entered, associated with its curtain and altar, or spoken of as subject to destruction and rebuilding. It also occurs for the temple in heaven and, in several clauses, for a temple identified with a body, a community, or the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb; one verse uses the plural for silver temples of Artemis.

1. Physical temple setting · dominant

   The singular forms designate a place Zechariah enters to burn incense in Luke 1:9, where people wait for him in Luke 1:21, and whose curtain is torn in Matthew 27:51. The same setting is discussed as capable of destruction and rebuilding in Mark 14:58 and Matthew 26:61, and as the place between it and the altar in Matthew 23:35.

   Luke 1:9Luke 1:21Matthew 27:51Mark 14:58Matthew 26:61Matthew 23:35
2. Temple in heaven · common

   In Revelation 11:19, the nominative singular names the temple of God in heaven as opened, with the ark seen in it. Other clauses describe angels coming out from it in Revelation 15:6, the temple filled with smoke in Revelation 15:8, and a voice going out from it in Revelation 16:1.

   Revelation 11:19Revelation 15:6Revelation 15:8Revelation 16:1Revelation 7:15Revelation 3:12
3. Temple identified with persons or divine presence · occasional

   The nominative singular is applied to those addressed in 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 6:19, where the APB renders them as God's temple and a temple of the Holy Spirit. John 2:21 explicitly locates the reference in a body, while Ephesians 2:21 describes a whole building growing into a holy temple and Revelation 21:22 says the city's temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.

   1 Corinthians 3:161 Corinthians 6:19John 2:21Ephesians 2:212 Corinthians 6:16Revelation 21:22
4. Silver temple models · rare

   The accusative plural in Acts 19:24 occurs in the clause about Demetrius making silver temples of Artemis for the craftsmen.

   Acts 19:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the term with “temple,” including physical settings, heavenly scenes, and clauses identifying a body or people as a temple. These renderings confirm the clauses' setting rather than establish every lexical distinction.