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Temple in Jerusalem

Temple in Jerusalem

1 7.8
Three ancient buildings in Jerusalem that served as the main place for Jewish worship, the last destroyed in AD 70
  • proper noun
translation icon : Templo en Jerusalén
  • Jews reclaimed their holiest sites, including the Western Wall of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, where Abraham is said to be buried.
  • the Second Temple in Jerusalem

Examples

  • According to the First Book of Kings, King Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem to house the ark.

  • The Old Testament records the fact of the first Temple in Jerusalem being built by King Solomon, II Chronicles 3.

    Blog text (11)

  • King Herod the Great rebuilt the second Temple in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago; the famous Western Wall is a section of retaining wall near the peak of Mt. Moriah.

    Academic text (1998)

  • By Abbas' denial of the Jewish Temple, he has undermined the teaching of the New Testament and the life of Jesus Christ because if there was no Temple in Jerusalem, the biblical account of Jesus chasing the money changers out of the Temple would mean that there would be no truth to biblical history and Christian theology.

    Blog text (11)

  • The Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.

  • Enjoying a sense of revival and optimism, the Jews built the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

Synonyms

Temple of Jerusalem
vsTemple in Jerusalem
1 8.1

Three different holy buildings in Jerusalem that were the main place for Jewish worship

focuses on all three successive buildings rather than only the first one
Temple of Solomon
vsTemple in Jerusalem
8.8

A temple in Jerusalem built by King Solomon for Jewish worship and later rebuilt on the same site

is broader and covers later rebuilt worship buildings too

Surface Forms

Temple in Jerusalem main

Morphology

temple + in + Jerusalem

The phrase is fully compositional: 'temple' (a place of worship) + 'in' (locative) + 'Jerusalem' (the city) yields the straightforward meaning 'a temple located in Jerusalem.' While historical specifics (three ancient temples, destruction in AD 70) require background knowledge, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand the basic referential meaning.

Etymology

Temple in Jerusalem refers to the ancient Jewish Temple in the city of Jerusalem, a central holy building where priests offered sacrifices and people came to pray. There were three such buildings and the last was destroyed in AD 70, so today the phrase often stands for that old 'place of worship' or the memory of it.