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Lexicon :: Strong's H4720 - miqdāš

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מִקְדָּשׁ
Transliteration
miqdāš
Pronunciation
mik-dawsh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990f

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh, mik-dawsh'; or מִקְּדָשׁ miqqᵉdâsh; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum:—chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x

The KJV translates Strong's H4720 in the following manner: sanctuary (69x), holy place (3x), chapel (1x), hallowed part (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x
The KJV translates Strong's H4720 in the following manner: sanctuary (69x), holy place (3x), chapel (1x), hallowed part (1x).

  1. sacred place, sanctuary, holy place

    1. sanctuary

      1. of the temple

      2. of the tabernacle

      3. of Ezekiel's temple

      4. of Jehovah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh, mik-dawsh'; or מִקְּדָשׁ miqqᵉdâsh; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum:—chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
STRONGS H4720: Abbreviations
מִקְדָּשׁ noun masculineAmos 7:9 sacred place, sanctuary; — מ׳ Exodus 25:8 +; מִקְּדָשׁ Exodus 15:17 (Ges§ 20h Köii. 1, 471); construct מִקְדַּשׁ Leviticus 16:33 +; suffix מִקְדָּשִׁי Leviticus 20:3 +, etc., מִקְדְּשׁוֺ Numbers 18:29 (Köii. 1, 97); plural מִקְדָּשִׁים Ezekiel 21:7, construct מִקְדְּשֵׁי Jeremiah 51:51 + 2 times; suffix מִקְדָּשַׁי Leviticus 21:23; מְקַדְשֵׁיהֶם Ezekiel 7:24 (on anomalous pointing see Ew§ 215 a Hi-Sm; but probably
Pi. Participle was in mind, Ges§ 93oo Anm.; < read מִקְדְּשֵׁיהֶם); etc.; —
1. old Israel sanctuaries: of י׳ at Shechem Joshua 24:26 (E); probably also Exodus 15:17 (i.e. Shiloh); plural of sanct. to be destroyed by י׳ Leviticus 26:31 (H); מִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשׂ׳ in Northern Israel Amos 7:9; מִקְדַּשׁמֶֿלֶךְ Amos 7:13 (Bethel).
2. of the nations: Moab Isaiah 16:12 plural of Tyre Ezekiel 28:18 (Co Toy [not Berthol Krae] read קָדְשְׁךָ thy sanctity).
3. tabernacle and its precincts Exodus 25:8 (P) +; מִקְדַּשׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Leviticus 16:33, plural Leviticus 21:23.
4. temple and precincts 1 Chronicles 22:19; Isaiah 63:18; Psalm 74:7 +; בֵּית מִקְדָּשָׁם 2 Chronicles 36:17, מקדשׁ הבית Ezekiel 48:21, מְכוֺן מ׳ Daniel 8:11; plural of many sacred places in and about the temple. מִקְדְּשֵׁי בית י׳ Jeremiah 51:51; מִקְדְּשֵׁי אֵל Psalm 73:17. Doubtful are: מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ Psalm 68:36 [Psalm 68:35] (Greek Version of the LXX ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ Vulgate de sanctuario; SS מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ); מִקְדָּשִׁים Ezekiel 21:7 (Greek Version of the LXX Co Berthol Buhl מִקְדָּשָׁם; Toy Krae מִקְדָּשֶׁיהָ; || יְרוּשָׁלַםִ); וּמִקְדָּשׁ לַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ezekiel 45:4b (Co, after Greek Version of the LXX, מִפְקָד לְקָדְשָׁם [לְבָֽתֵּי]; Toy וּלְמִגְרָשִׁים [לְבָֽתִּים], compare Krae לְמִגְרָשׁ).
5. י׳ will become לְמ׳ for his people Ezekiel 11:16 (BrMP 268), so apparently Isaiah 8:14 (but gloss Du CheHpt Marti; LagSemitic i. 16 מִקָּשׁ i.e. stumbling-block [he compare Syriac bdb087402 strike]).
6. of י׳'s future sanct., בתוכם לעולם מ׳ Ezekiel 37:26, 28. — (מִמֶּנּוּ) אֶתקּמִקְדְּשׁוֺ (מִכָּלחֶֿלְבּוֺ) Numbers 18:29 even the hallowed part there of AV RV, but this not the meaning of מ׳; Ew§ 255 c assumes מַקְךֵּשׁ* in this sense; < read קָדְשׁוֺ (see קֹדֶשׁ 3d), מִ being dittograph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:17; 15:17; 25:8; 25:8

Leviticus

16:33; 16:33; 20:3; 21:23; 21:23; 26:31

Numbers

18:29; 18:29

Joshua

24:26

1 Chronicles

22:19

2 Chronicles

36:17

Psalms

68:35; 73:17; 74:7

Isaiah

8:14; 16:12; 63:18

Jeremiah

51:51; 51:51

Ezekiel

7:24; 11:16; 21:7; 21:7; 28:18; 37:26; 37:28; 45:4; 48:21

Daniel

8:11

Amos

7:9; 7:9; 7:13

H4720

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Strong's Number H4720 matches the Hebrew מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdāš),
which occurs 74 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 15:17–Eze 37:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:17 - Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in thy prepared habitation, which thou, O Lord, hast prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which thine hands have made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8 - And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - And for thirty-three days she shall continue in her unclean blood; she shall touch nothing holy, and shall not enter the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - And he shall make atonement for the most holy place, and the tabernacle of witness; and he shall make atonement for the altar, and for the priests; and he shall make atonement for all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:30 - Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God is upon him: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:2 - Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - And I will lay your cities waste, and I will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell the savour of your sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21 - And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [fn]the others shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - Of all your gifts ye shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every first-fruit the consecrated part from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - And whatever man shall be defiled and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, because he has defiled the holy things of the Lord, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the [fn]oak before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now set your hearts and souls to seek after the Lord your God: and rise, and build a sanctuary to your God to carry in the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10 - See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:8 - And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for thou hast departed from the Lord; and this shall not be for glory to thee from the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - And he brought seven calves, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of goats for a sin-offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Israel: and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers did: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away his fierce anger from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - And he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and did not spare Sedekias, and had no mercy upon their virgins, and they led away their old men: he delivered all things into their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - (LXX 10:40) For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the first-fruits of the corn, and wine, and oil; and there are the holy vessels, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - (LXX 67:36) God is wonderful [fn]in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - (LXX 72:17) until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - (LXX 73:7) They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the [fn]habitation of thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - (LXX 77:69) And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:6 - (LXX 95:6) Thanksgiving and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against [fn] a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it shall be to thy shame, (for Moab is wearied at the altars,) that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - And the glory of Libanus shall come to thee, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together, to glorify my holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 - An exalted throne of glory is our sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - (LXX 28:51) We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, even into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - Jod. The oppressor has stretched out his hand on all her desirable things: for she has seen the Gentiles entering into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - Zain. The Lord has rejected his altar, he has cast off his sanctuary, he has broken by the hand of the enemy the wall of her palaces; they have uttered their voice in the house of the Lord as on a feast day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord, and see for whom thou hast gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? the cook has made a gathering: shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? wilt thou slay the priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord; surely, because thou hast defiled my holy things with all thine abominations, I also will reject thee; mine eye shall not spare, and I will have no mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - And he said to me, Son of man, hast thou seen what these do? They commit great abominations here so that I should keep away from my sanctuary: and thou shalt see yet greater iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go ye not nigh any on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - Therefore say thou, Thus saith the Lord; I will cast them off among the nations, and will disperse them into every land, yet will I be to them for a little sanctuary in the countries which they shall enter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - (LXX 21:7) Therefore prophesy, son of man, set thy face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and thou shalt prophesy against the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - and thou shalt say to the children of Ammon, Hear ye the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord; Forasmuch as ye have rejoiced against my sanctuary, because it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, because it was laid waste; and against the house of Juda, because they went into captivity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - And the nations shall know that I am the Lord that sanctifies them, when my sanctuary is in the midst of them for ever.

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