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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 in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8 - “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:30 - “ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for 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 him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:2 - “ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary 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 things. 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, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - You must present as the LORD’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will 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 as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:8 - They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by 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 male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering[fn] for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the LORD. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[fn] who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept. “We will not neglect the house of our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:6 - Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.

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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 fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - For a little while your people possessed your holy place, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 - A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - “We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary— those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:7 - The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hands of the enemy; they have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.

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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 utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in 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 sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

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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. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - Then the nations will know that I the LORD make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’ ”

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