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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 Box Exo 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:17 - “You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O LORD, which You have made for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, H4720 O Lord, which Your hands have established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8 - “Let them construct a sanctuary H4720 for Me, that I may dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - ‘Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary H4720 until the days of her purification are completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, H4720 and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:30 - ‘You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; H4720 I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his [fn]offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary H4720 and to profane My holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - nor shall he go out of the sanctuary H4720 nor profane the sanctuary H4720 of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. H4720 For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:2 - ‘You shall keep My sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary; H4720 I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - ‘I will [fn]lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries H4720 desolate, and I will not smell your soothing aromas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary H4720 for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the [fn]layman coming near was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21 - Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy H4720 objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s household with you shall bear the guilt [fn]in connection with the sanctuary, H4720 and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt [fn]in connection with your priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - ‘Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the LORD, from all the [fn]best of them, [fn]the sacred H4720 part H4720 from them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself from uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD; the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10 - “Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; H4720 be courageous and act.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:8 - “They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary H4720 there for Your name, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, H4720 for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, H4720 and Judah. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but [fn]yield to the LORD and enter His sanctuary H4720 which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, H4720 and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, H4720 the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not [fn]neglect the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - [fn]O God, You are awesome from Your [fn]sanctuary. H4720
The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people.
Blessed be God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - Until I came into the [fn]sanctuary H4720 of God;
Then I perceived their end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They have [fn]burned Your sanctuary H4720 [fn]to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - And He built His sanctuary H4720 like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:6 - Splendor and majesty are before Him,
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. H4720

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - “Then He shall become a sanctuary; H4720
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high place
And comes to his sanctuary H4720 to pray,
That he will not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary; H4720
And I shall make the place of My feet glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary H4720 for a little while,
Our adversaries have trodden it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 - A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary. H4720

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;
Disgrace has covered our faces,
For aliens have entered
The holy H4720 places H4720 of the LORD’S house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, H4720
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - The Lord has rejected His altar,
He has abandoned His sanctuary; H4720
He has delivered into the hand of the enemy
The walls of her palaces.
They have made a noise in the house of the LORD
As in the day of an appointed feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - See, O LORD, and look!
With whom have You dealt thus?
Should women eat their [fn]offspring,
The little ones who were [fn]born healthy?
Should priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary H4720 of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary H4720 with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? H4720 But yet you will see still greater abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - “[fn]Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.” H4720 So they started with the [fn]elders who were before the [fn]temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary H4720 for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and [fn]speak against the sanctuaries H4720 and prophesy against the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - “Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary H4720 on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - “For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary H4720 on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, H4720 the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord [fn]GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary H4720 when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - “By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries. H4720
Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - “I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will [fn]place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary H4720 in their midst forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - “And the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary H4720 is in their midst forever.”’”

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