τόπος,
τόπου,
ὁ, in Attic from
Aeschylus and his contemporaries on; the
Sept. מָקום;
place; i. e.:
1. properly, any portion of space marked off, as it were, from surrounding, space; used of
a. an inhabited place, as a city, village, district:
Luke 4:37;
Luke 10:1;
Acts 12:12;
Acts 16:3;
Acts 27:2,
8;
1 Corinthians 1:2;
2 Corinthians 2:14;
1 Thessalonians 1:8;
Revelation 18:17 (
G L T Tr WH);
τόν τόπον καί τό ἔθνος, the place which the nation inhabit, i. e. the holy land and the Jewish people,
John 11:48 (cf. 2 Macc. 5:19f);
τόπος ἅγιος, the temple (which the
Sept. of Isa. Ix. 13 calls
ὁ ἅγιος τόπος τοῦ Θεοῦ),
Matthew 24:15. of a house,
Acts 4:31. of uninhabited places, with adjectives:
ἔρημος,
Matthew 14:13,
15;
Mark 1:35;
Mark 6:31;
Luke 4:42;
Luke 9:10 R G L, 12;
πεδινός,
Luke 6:17;
ἄνυδρος, plural,
Matthew 12:43;
Luke 11:24. of any place whatever:
κατά τόπους (
R. V. in divers places) i. e. the world over (but see
κατά, II. 3 a.
α.),
Matthew 24:7;
Mark 13:8; (
ἐν παντί τόπῳ,
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Lachmann); of places in the sea,
τραχεῖς τόποι,
Acts 27:29 (
R. V. rocky ground);
τόπος διθάλασσος (
A. V. place where two seas met);
Acts 27:41. of that 'place' where what is narrated occurred:
Luke 10:32;
Luke 19:5;
Luke 22:40;
John 5:13;
John 6:10;
John 18:2. of a place or spot where one can settle, abide, dwell:
ἑτοιμάζειν τίνι τόπον,
John 14:2f, cf.
Revelation 12:6;
ἔχειν τόπον, a place to dwell in, Revelation, the passage cited;
οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι,
Luke 2:7;
διδόναι τίνι τόπον, to give one place, give way to one,
Luke 14:9a;
τόπος οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῖς,
Revelation 20:11; of the seat which one gets in any gathering, as at a feast,
Luke 14:10;
τήν ἔσχατον τόπον,
κατέχειν,
Luke 14:9b; of the place or spot occupied by things placed in it,
John 20:7. the particular place referred to is defined by I the words appended: — by a genitive,
τόπος τῆς βασάνου,
Luke 16:28;
τῆς καταπαύσεώς,
Acts 7:49;
κρανίου,
Matthew 27:33;
Mark 15:22;
John 19:17; (
τόν τόπον τῶν ἥλων,
John 20:25b L T Tr marginal reading); — by the addition of
οὗ,
ὅπου,
ἐφ' or
ἐν ᾧ, followed by finite verbs,
Matthew 28:6;
Mark 16:6;
John 4:20;
John 6:23;
John 10:40;
John 11:6,
30.;
John 19:41;
Acts 7:33;
Romans 9:26; — by the addition of a proper name:
τόπος λεγόμενος, or
καλούμενος,
Matthew 27:33;
Mark 15:22;
Luke 23:33;
John 19:13;
Revelation 16:16;
ὁ τόπος τίνος, the place which a person or thing occupies or has a right to:
Revelation 2:5;
Revelation 6:14;
Revelation 12:8; where a thing is hidden,
τῆς μαχαίρας, i. e. its sheath,
Matthew 26:52. the abode assigned by God to one after death wherein to receive his merited portion of bliss or of misery: (
ὁ ἴδιος τίνος (
τίνος), universally,
Ignatius ad Magnes. 5, 1 [ET] (cf.
ὁ αἰώνιος τόπος, Tobit 3:6)); applied to Gehenna,
Acts 1:25 (see
ἴδιος, 1 c.);
ὁ ὀφειλόμενος τόπος, of heaven,
Polycarp, ad Philip. 9, 2 [ET];
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 4 [ET]; also
ὁ ἅγιος τόπος, ibid. 5, 7 [ET]; (
ὁ ὡρισμένος τόπος the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 1 [ET];
Act. Paul et Thecl. 28; see especially Harnack's note on Clement of Rome,
1 Cor. 5,
4 [ET]).
b. a place (passage) in a book:
Luke 4:17 (
καί ἐν ἄλλῳ τόπῳ φησίν,
Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 20 ((but this is doubtful; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 4; yet cf. Kühner, ad loc.);
Philo de Joseph., § 26;
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 8, 4 [ET]); in the same sense
χώρα in
Josephus, Antiquities 1, 8, 3).
2. metaphorically,
a. the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly:
ἀναπληρουν τόν τόπον τοῦ ἰδιώτου (
R. V. filleth the place of the unlearned),
1 Corinthians 14:16;
τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καί ἀποστολῆς (
R. V. the place in this ministry, etc.),
Acts 1:25 L T Tr WH.
b. opportunity, power, occasion for acting:
τόπον λαμβάνειν τῆς ἀπολογίας, opportunity to make his defense,
Acts 25:16 (
ἔχειν τῆς ἀπολογίας,
Josephus, Antiquities 16, 8, 5);
τόπον διδόναι τῇ ὀργή (namely,
τοῦ Θεοῦ),
Romans 12:19;
τῷ δαιβόλω,
Ephesians 4:27 (
τῷ ἰατρῷ, to his curative efforts in one's case, Sir. 38:12;
νόμῳ ὑψίστου, Sir. 19:17;
τόπον διδόναι τινα, followed by an infinitive, Sir. 4:5);
τόπος μετανοίας εὑρίσκειν,
Hebrews 12:17, on this passage, see
εὑρίσκω, 3 (
διδόναι. Wis. 12:10;
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 7, 5 [ET]; Latin
locum relinquere paenitentiae,
Livy 44, 10; 24, 26; (
Pliny, epistle ad Trajan 96 (97), 10 cf. 2);
ἔχειν τόπον μετανοίας, Tat. or. ad Graec. 15 at the end;
διά τό μή καταλείπεσθαι σφισις τόπον ἐλέους μηδέ συγγνωμης,
Polybius 1, 88, 2);
τόπον ἔχειν namely,
τοῦ εὐαγγελίζεσθαι,
Romans 15:23;
ἐζητεῖτο τόπος, with a genitive of the thing for which influence is sought among men:
διαθήκης, passive
Hebrews 8:7 ((cf.
μέμφομαι)). [
SYNONYMS: τόπος 1,
χώρα,
χωρίον:
τόπος place, indefinite; a portion of space viewed in reference to its occupancy, or as appropriated to a thing;
χώρα region, country, extensive; space, yet bounded;
χωρίον parcel of ground (
John 4:5), circumscribed; a definite portion of space viewed as enclosed or complete in itself;
τόπος and
χωρίον (plural,
R. V. lands) occur together in
Acts 28:7. Cf.
Schmidt, chapter 41.]
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