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Lexicon :: Strong's G5117 - topos

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τόπος
Transliteration
topos (Key)
Pronunciation
top'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:187,1184

Strong’s Definitions

τόπος tópos, top'-os; apparently a primary word; a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard:—coast, licence, place, × plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's G5117 in the following manner: place (80x), room (5x), quarter (2x), licence (1x), coast (1x), where (1x), plain (with G3977) (1x), rock (with G5138) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's G5117 in the following manner: place (80x), room (5x), quarter (2x), licence (1x), coast (1x), where (1x), plain (with G3977) (1x), rock (with G5138) (1x).
  1. place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space

    1. an inhabited place, as a city, village, district

    2. a place (passage) in a book

  2. metaph.

    1. the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly

    2. opportunity, power, occasion for acting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τόπος tópos, top'-os; apparently a primary word; a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard:—coast, licence, place, × plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.
STRONGS G5117:
τόπος, τόπου, , 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 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 , 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; 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: ( ἴδιος τίνος (τίνος), universally, Ignatius ad Magnes. 5, 1 [ET] (cf. αἰώνιος τόπος, Tobit 3:6)); applied to Gehenna, Acts 1:25 (see ἴδιος, 1 c.); ὀφειλόμενος τόπος, of heaven, Polycarp, ad Philip. 9, 2 [ET]; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 4 [ET]; also ἅγιος τόπος, ibid. 5, 7 [ET]; ( 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]; Latinlocum 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:43; 14:13; 14:15; 24:7; 24:15; 26:52; 27:33; 27:33; 28:6
Mark
1:35; 6:31; 13:8; 15:22; 15:22; 16:6
Luke
2:7; 4:17; 4:37; 4:42; 6:17; 9:10; 10:1; 10:32; 11:24; 14:9; 14:9; 14:10; 16:28; 19:5; 22:40; 23:33
John
4:5; 4:20; 5:13; 6:10; 6:23; 10:40; 11:6; 11:30; 11:48; 14:2; 18:2; 19:13; 19:17; 19:41; 20:7; 20:25
Acts
1:25; 1:25; 4:31; 7:33; 7:49; 12:12; 16:3; 25:16; 27:2; 27:8; 27:29; 27:41; 28:7
Romans
9:26; 12:19; 15:23
1 Corinthians
1:2; 5; 5:4; 14:16
2 Corinthians
2:14
Ephesians
4:27
1 Thessalonians
1:8
2 Thessalonians
3:16
Hebrews
8:7; 12:17
Revelation
2:5; 6:14; 12:6; 12:8; 16:16; 18:17; 20:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5117 matches the Greek τόπος (topos),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:35 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, G5117 and there prayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: G5117 and they came to him from every quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:31 - And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, G5117 and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:32 - And they departed into a desert place G5117 by ship privately.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:35 - And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, G5117 and now the time is far passed:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, G5117 and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:22 - And they bring him unto the place G5117 Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place G5117 of a skull.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place G5117 where they laid him.
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