Sanctuary
Sanctuary Is the occasional rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. and one Greek term. A general term is קֹדֶשׁ, kodesh (" sanctuary," Ex 30:13,24; Ex 36:1,3-4,6; Ex 38:25-27; Le 4:6; Le 5; Le 15; Le 10:4; Le 27:3,25; Numbers 3, 28, 31, 32, 47, 50; 4:12, 15; 7:9, 13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85, 86; 8:19; 18:3, 5, 10; 1Ch 9:29; Ps 20:2; Ps 58:2; Ps 68:24; Ps 74:3; Ps 77:13; Ps 114:2; Ps 150:1; Isa 43:28; La 4:1; Eze 41:21,23; Eze 42:20; Eze 44:27; Eze 45:2; Da 8:13-14; Da 9:26; Zep 3:4), which properly means holiness (often so rendered, frequently as an attribute, and perhaps to be regarded as a concrete of the sacred edifice), and especially the "holy place" (as very often rendered). The more specific term is מַקדָּשׁ, mikdash (invariably rendered "sanctuary," except Am 7:13, "chapel," and twice in the plur. "holy place" [Ps 68:35; Eze 21:2]), which is from the same root, and signifies the local shrine. In the New Test. we have the corresponding ἃγιον (" sanctuary," Heb 8:2; Heb 9:1-2; Heb 13:11; elsewhere "holy place" or "holiest"), which is simply the neut. of ἃγιος , a general term for anything holy. SEE HOLY PLACE; SEE TABERNACLE; SEE TEMPLE.
