Shrine

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ναός (Strong'S #3485 — Noun Masculine — naos — nah-os' )

"the inmost part of a temple, a shrine," is used in the plural in  Acts 19:24 , of the silver models of the pagan "shrine" in which the image of Diana (Greek Artemis) was preserved. The models were large or small, and were signs of wealth and devotion on the part of purchasers. The variety of forms connected with the embellishment of the image provided "no little business" for the silver-smiths. See Temple.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

(2): ( n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.

(3): ( n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

(4): ( v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.

(5): ( n.) Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 17:5 2 Kings 17:29 2 Kings 23:19 Acts 19:21-27ArtemisHigh Place

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Small representations of heathen temples, as at Ephesus or elsewhere. The word is ναός, often translated 'temple.'  Acts 19:24 .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

See Diana .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shrine . See Diana.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Ναός ,  Acts 19:24, a Temple, as elsewhere rendered), a miniature copy of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus containing a small image of the goddess. (See Diana).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shrı̄n ( ναός , naós ): In   Acts 19:24 small models of temples for Diana.