Acts 7:48

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁ Ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ· καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει,

Transliteration

But not the Hypsistos in cheiropoiētois naois katoikei; kathōs the prophētēs legei,

Grammar Details

*Hypsistos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Most High
*cheiropoiētois*: dative, masculine, plural - made with hands
*naois*: dative, masculine, plural - temples/shrines
*katoikei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - dwells/inhabits
*kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
*prophētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - prophet
*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - says/speaks

Word Meanings

*Hypsistos*: Most High/Highest One
*cheiropoiētois*: made with hands/man-made
*naois*: temples/shrines/sanctuaries
*katoikei*: dwells/inhabits/resides

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
2 Chr 2:5-6 : 5 And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest? 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Acts 17:24-25 : 24 The God that made the world and all things {G1722} therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Dan 4:17 : 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Ps 7:17 : 17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ps 91:9 : 9 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

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49The heaven is my throne, And the earth the {G4228} footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build Me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
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24The God that made the world and all things {G1722} therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
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