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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 - You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O LORD, that your hands have established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8 - Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - and he is to purify the Most Holy Place, he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar, and he is to 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 must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication 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 - but he must not go into the veil-canopy or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:2 - You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21 - And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - The LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - From all your gifts you must offer up every raised offering due the LORD, from all the best of it, and the holiest part of it.'

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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, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD's shrine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD's covenant and the holy items dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10 - Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:8 - They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the LORD. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the LORD God will not honor you!"

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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 goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now, don't be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the LORD and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the LORD your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:6 - Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble - to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 - Then I said, "LORD, from the very beginning you have been seated on your glorious throne on high. You are the place where we can find refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - 'We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the LORD's temple.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple - those whom you had commanded: "They must not enter your assembly place." כ (Kaf)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD'S temple as if it were a feast day. ח (Khet)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord's sanctuary? ש (Sin/Shin)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - "Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign LORD, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing - the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women - wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - "Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - "Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary - the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life's passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the sovereign LORD: This is what the sovereign LORD says: You said "Aha!" about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about 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, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw 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 a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.'"

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