Word Forms
These forms come from “sanctuary” and change to fit the sentence.
- sanctuariesplural
- sanctuarybase form
sanctuary
WEB 146 appearances
KJV 142 appearances
A sanctuary is a holy place where God meets with his people. It is a special building or tent set apart for worshipping God.
Biblical Usage
In the Bible, this word often refers to the sacred tabernacle or the temple. God commanded his people to build a sanctuary so he could live among them. It was treated with great respect because God's presence was there.
WEB Representative Scriptures
Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.Exodus 25:8 (WEB)
“‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the LORD.Leviticus 19:30 (WEB)
Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.Hebrews 9:1 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.Psalms 78:54 (KJV)
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.Isaiah 43:28 (KJV)
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.Zephaniah 3:4 (KJV)