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Lexicon :: Strong's H4725 - māqôm

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מָקוֹם
Transliteration
māqôm
Pronunciation
maw-kome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1999h

Strong’s Definitions

מָקוֹם mâqôwm, maw-kome'; or מָקֹם mâqôm; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה mᵉqôwmâh; or מְקֹמָה mᵉqômâh; from H6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):—country, × home, × open, place, room, space, × whither(-soever).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 402x

The KJV translates Strong's H4725 in the following manner: place (391x), home (3x), room (3x), whithersoever (2x), open (1x), space (1x), country (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 402x
The KJV translates Strong's H4725 in the following manner: place (391x), home (3x), room (3x), whithersoever (2x), open (1x), space (1x), country (1x).
  1. standing place, place

    1. standing place, station, post, office

    2. place, place of human abode

    3. city, land, region

    4. place, locality, spot

    5. space, room, distance

    6. region, quarter, direction

    7. give place to, instead of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָקוֹם mâqôwm, maw-kome'; or מָקֹם mâqôm; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה mᵉqôwmâh; or מְקֹמָה mᵉqômâh; from H6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):—country, × home, × open, place, room, space, × whither(-soever).
STRONGS H4725: Abbreviations
מָקוֺם, מָקֹם (Exodus 29:31, etc.) 399 noun masculineGenesis 19:13 (but see below), standing-place, place; — absolute מ׳ Exodus 21:13 +; construct מְקוֺם Genesis 12:6 + (often before אֲשֶׁר Genesis 39:20 +); suffix מְקוֺמוֺ 1 Samuel 3:2 +, מְקֹמוֺ Genesis 18:33 +, etc.; plural usually מְקֹמוֺת Judges 19:13 +, מְקוֺמוֺת 1 Samuel 7:16; Jeremiah 29:14, מֹ֑ת 2 Samuel 17:9 + 2 times; suffix מְקוֺמֹתֵיכֶם Amos 4:6, etc. [apparently feminine (not Genesis 18:24, where עִיר is in mind, but) Job 20:9 (emendation see Commentaries), and Manuscripts (either Kt of Qr) Judges 19:13; 2 Samuel 17:9, 12; mostly explained away by AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 53]; —
1.
a. standing-place Exodus 3:5 (E), Joshua 5:15; Exodus 33:21; Numbers 23:13, 27 (all J E), Genesis 19:27 (J), Joshua 3:3 (D), of מַצֵּבוֺת, etc., 2 Kings 23:14, of ark (place where it is set, stands) 1 Kings 8:7 2 Chronicles 5:8, earth Isaiah 13:13; Job 9:6, rock Job 14:18; Job 18:4; compare Job 38:12, 19.
b. station, where soldiers are placed Joshua 8:19 (JE), Judges 20:33 (twice in verse); post in battle 2 Samuel 11:16.
c. post, office 1 Kings 20:24; Ecclesiastes 10:4.
2.
a. place where a thing belongs Genesis 29:3 (J), Joshua 4:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 5:3; Isaiah 46:7; Job 6:17; Job 37:1 (of the heart), Ecclesiastes 1:5; especially of ark 1 Samuel 5:11 + 9 times; of person = destination Judges 11:19.
b. especially
(1) place of human abode Genesis 13:14; Genesis 20:13; Judges 7:7; 1 Samuel 2:20 + 42 times, + מְקוֺם אָהֳלֵךְ Isaiah 54:2.
(2) of י׳'s abode Hosea 5:15, in heaven Micah 1:3; Isaiah 26:21; 1 Kings 8:30 2 Chronicles 6:21.
(3) lair of lion (figurative) Jeremiah 4:7.
3.place =
a. city Genesis 18:24, 26; Genesis 20:11; Deuteronomy 21:19 (|| עִיר) 2 Kings 18:25 + 39 times (1 Samuel 7:16 הַמִּקְדָּשִׁים Greek Version of the LXX, compare We HPS).
b. of land: Canaan Exodus 23:20; 1 Samuel 12:8; Jeremiah 16:2, 3(|| אֶרֶץ) + 17 times (12 times Jeremiah); Philistia 1 Samuel 14:46; Egypt Jeremiah 44:29; appositive מְדִינָה Esther 4:3, = מְדִינָה + עִיר Esther 8:17.
c. plot, parcel, of ground Isaiah 7:23; מְקוֺם הַגֹּרֶן 1 Chronicles 21:22, compare 1 Chronicles 21:25; 2 Chronicles 3:1.
d. land, region Numbers 20:5; Numbers 32:1; Che (privately) proposes בִּמְקֹם בְּקָעוֺת Psalm 84:7 (for בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא; compare Isaiah 41:18).
4. in general, place, locality, spot Genesis 28:16, 17; Judges 2:5; Amos 4:6; Nehemiah 4:6; Nehemiah 4:7; Nehemiah 4:14 + (221 times in all); אַלְמֹנִי פְּלֹנִי מְקוֺם place of such a one1 Samuel 21:3; 2 Kings 6:8; בְּכָלהַֿמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר Exodus 20:24 (E; gi Exodus 20:21) in all places that; בְּכָלמֿ׳ Numbers 18:31 = anywhere, compare Deuteronomy 12:13; = everywhere Proverbs 15:13; Malachi 1:11, compare Amos 8:3; צָר מ׳ Numbers 22:26 narrow place; מ׳ Nehemiah 2:14 (passable) place; in particular: place at banquet † 1 Samuel 9:22; 1 Samuel 20:25, 27; sleeping-place, couch, † 1 Samuel 3:2, 9; Ruth 4:10; מְקוֺם הַחֵ֑צִי 1 Samuel 20:37 i.e. where arrow fell; = haunt, lurking-place 1 Samuel 23:22; 2 Samuel 17:9, 12; מְקוֺם תַּנִּים Psalm 44:20 place of jackals, i.e. desert; הַמֻּנָּח מְ׳ Ezekiel 41:11b place of the uncovered space, portion (compare הַמֻּנָּח alone Ezekiel 41:11a); הַשֶּׁבֶת מְ׳ of seat of Solomon's throne 1 Kings 10:19 2 Chronicles 9:18; אֶחָד מ׳ where waters were collected Genesis 1:9 (Greek Version of the LXX Ball מִקְוֶה), Psalm 104:8 destination of dead Ecclesiastes 3:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6; מ׳ = resting-place Job 16:18; נֶאֱמָן מ׳ sure place, for a peg (securely fastened) Isaiah 22:23, 25 (figurative, compare Ezra 9:8); of places, spots, on the body: leprous spot † 2 Kings 5:11; הַשְּׁחִין מְ׳ Leviticus 13:19 place of the boil; especially of shrine, sanctuary (compare We1 Samuel 7:16), מְקוֺם שְׁכֶם Genesis 12:6 (J; see Di Holz), so of Bethel Genesis 13:3 (J), Genesis 13:4 (J; מְקוֺם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ), Genesis 28:19 (J), Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:11 (E), Genesis 22:3, 4, 9, 14; (E), +; of idolatrous shrines Deuteronomy 12:2, 3; Ezekiel 6:13; 2 Chronicles 33:19; especially of temple: י׳) אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר הַמּ׳ (אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בּוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5, 14; Deuteronomy 14:23, 25; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:2, 6; Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 18:6 + 13 times Deuteronomy + Joshua 9:27 (D), Nehemiah 1:9; מ׳ 1 Kings 8:29 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 8:30, 35 2 Chronicles 6:20 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 6:21, 26; Jeremiah 27:22 +; צְבָאוֺת הַרצִֿיּוֺן שֵׁםיֿ׳ מְ׳ Isaiah 18:7; כִּסְאִי מְ׳ Ezekiel 43:7; מִקְדָּשֵׁנוּ מְ׳ Jeremiah 17:12; מִקְדָּשִׁי מְ׳ Isaiah 60:3; קָדְשׁוֺ מְ׳ Ezra 9:8; Psalm 24:3, etc.; of tabernacle הַקֹּדֶשׁ מְ׳ Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:30; קָדוֺשׁ מ׳ in or about tabernacle, Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Leviticus 6:20 + (all P), קָדוֺשׁ מְ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:10. Note especially † מְקוֺם before rel. clause, with אֲשֶׁר Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:3; Ezekiel 6:13; Esther 4:3; Esther 8:17, with שֶׁ Ecclesiastes 1:7; Ecclesiastes 3:16, rel. omitted Job 18:21; also אֲשֶׁר בִּמְ׳ Hosea 2:1; 2 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 21:19; Jeremiah 22:12; Ezekiel 21:35; Nehemiah 4:14; Leviticus 4:24, 33; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 7:2; Leviticus 14:13; Numbers 9:17 (Ges§ 130 c).
†5.
b. space, distance, between (בֵּין) 1 Samuel 26:13.
†6. region, quarter, direction Ezekiel 10:11; אַחֵר מִמּ׳ Esther 4:14 from another quarter, source.
†7. peculiar uses are:
a. לְ נָתַן מ׳ Judges 20:36 give place (yield ground) to. Perhaps
b. אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר בִּמְ׳ Hosea 2:1 instead of its being said (compare תַּחַת); מְקוֺם נְחָרִים Isaiah 33:21 instead of rivers (i.e. a substitute for them). — מְקוֺמָהּ Nahum 1:8 (|| אֹיְבָיו) read מִקָּמָיו or בְּק׳ BuhlZAW v (1885), 181, מִתְקוֺמְמָו We, בְּקָמָיו Now (all = his adversaries, compare GASm).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:9; 12:6; 12:6; 13:3; 13:4; 13:14; 18:24; 18:24; 18:26; 18:33; 19:13; 19:27; 20:11; 20:13; 22:3; 22:4; 22:9; 22:14; 24:23; 24:25; 24:31; 28:11; 28:11; 28:11; 28:16; 28:17; 28:19; 29:3; 39:20; 39:20; 40:3

Exodus

3:5; 20:21; 20:24; 21:13; 23:20; 29:31; 29:31; 33:21

Leviticus

4:24; 4:33; 6:9; 6:18; 6:19; 6:20; 7:2; 10:17; 13:19; 14:13; 14:30

Numbers

9:17; 18:31; 20:5; 22:26; 23:13; 23:27; 32:1

Deuteronomy

12:2; 12:3; 12:5; 12:13; 12:14; 14:23; 14:25; 15:20; 16:2; 16:6; 17:8; 18:6; 21:19

Joshua

3:3; 4:18; 5:15; 8:19; 9:27

Judges

2:5; 7:7; 11:19; 19:13; 19:13; 20:33; 20:36

Ruth

4:10

1 Samuel

2:20; 3:2; 3:2; 3:9; 5:3; 5:11; 7:16; 7:16; 7:16; 9:22; 12:8; 14:46; 20:25; 20:27; 20:37; 21:3; 23:22; 26:13

2 Samuel

11:16; 15:21; 17:9; 17:9; 17:9; 17:12; 17:12

1 Kings

8:7; 8:29; 8:30; 8:30; 8:35; 10:19; 20:24; 21:19

2 Kings

5:11; 6:8; 18:25; 23:14

1 Chronicles

21:22; 21:25

2 Chronicles

3:1; 5:8; 6:20; 6:21; 6:21; 6:26; 9:18; 33:19

Ezra

9:8; 9:8

Nehemiah

1:9; 2:14; 4:6; 4:7; 4:14; 4:14

Esther

4:3; 4:3; 4:14; 8:17; 8:17

Job

6:17; 9:6; 14:18; 16:18; 18:4; 18:21; 20:9; 37:1; 38:12; 38:19

Psalms

24:3; 44:20; 84:7; 104:8

Proverbs

15:13

Ecclesiastes

1:5; 1:7; 3:16; 6:6; 8:10; 10:4

Isaiah

5:8; 7:23; 13:13; 18:7; 22:23; 22:25; 26:21; 28:8; 33:21; 41:18; 46:7; 54:2; 60:3

Jeremiah

4:7; 7:32; 16:2; 16:3; 17:12; 19:11; 22:12; 27:22; 29:14; 44:29

Ezekiel

6:13; 6:13; 10:11; 41:11; 41:11; 43:7

Hosea

2:1; 2:1; 5:15

Amos

4:6; 4:6; 8:3

Micah

1:3

Nahum

1:8

Malachi

1:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4725 matches the Hebrew מָקוֹם (māqôm),
which occurs 401 times in 379 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 8 (Exo 21:13–Deu 12:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - “But [fn]if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place H4725 to which he may flee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:20 -

“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to keep you along the way and to bring you into the place H4725 which I have prepared.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:31 -

“You shall take the ram of [fn]ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place H4725.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:21 - Then Yahweh said, “Behold, there is a place H4725 [fn]by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - ‘He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place H4725 of the [fn]ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - [fn]that is, all the rest of the bull, he shall bring out to a clean place H4725 outside the camp where the [fn]ashes are poured out, and he shall burn it on wood with fire; where the [fn]ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - ‘Then he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place H4725 where [fn]they slaughter the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering at the place H4725 of the burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place H4725 where [fn]they slay the burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - ‘Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the [fn]ashes outside the camp to a clean place H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - ‘What is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place H4725; they shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place H4725 where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before Yahweh; it is most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - ‘The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place H4725, in the court of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - ‘Anyone who touches its flesh will be set apart as holy; and when any of its blood sprinkles on a garment, in a holy place H4725 you shall wash what was sprinkled on.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - ‘In the place H4725 where they slaughter the burnt offering they are to slaughter the guilt offering, and he shall splash its blood around on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:6 - ‘Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place H4725; it is most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - “And you shall eat it in a holy place H4725 because it is a statute for you and a statute for your sons taken out of the offerings of Yahweh by fire; for thus I have been commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - “The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the [fn]contribution offering you may eat in a clean place H4725, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as a statute for you and a statute for your sons taken out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:17 - “Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place H4725? For it is most holy, and [fn]He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - and in the place H4725 of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - “Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place H4725 where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place H4725 of the sanctuary—for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - “The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place H4725 of the blood of the guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away [fn]at an unclean place H4725 outside the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - “And he shall have the house scraped all around [fn]inside, and they shall pour out the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place H4725 outside the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - “He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones and its timbers and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:24 - “And he shall bathe his [fn]body with water in a holy place H4725 and put on his clothes and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - “And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place H4725; for it is most holy to him from the offerings to Yahweh by fire, his portion forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - Now whenever the cloud would go up from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place H4725 where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 -

Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place H4725 of which Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us and we will do you good, for Yahweh has [fn]promised good concerning Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - So the name of that place H4725 was called [fn]Taberah because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - So the name of that place H4725 was called [fn]Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who had been greedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:24 - That place H4725 was called the valley of [fn]Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:40 - In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the [fn]ridge of the hill country, saying, “Here we are; we will go up to the place H4725 which Yahweh has promised because we have indeed sinned.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘And you may eat it anywhere H4725, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place H4725, and [fn]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is [fn]purification from sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - “And why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this evil place H4725? It is not a place H4725 of [fn]grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - Then Yahweh heard the voice of Israel and gave the Canaanites over; so they devoted them and their cities to destruction. Thus the name of the place H4725 was called [fn]Hormah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - And the angel of Yahweh passed on ahead and stood in a narrow place H4725 where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 -

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place H4725 from where you may see them, but you will only see the end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place H4725; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God that you curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - “So now, [fn]flee to your place H4725. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, Yahweh has held you back from honor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 -

Then Balaam arose and went and returned to his place H4725, and Balak also went his way.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 -

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that [fn]it was indeed a place H4725 suitable H4725 for livestock,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place H4725, and our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:31 - and in the wilderness where you saw how Yahweh your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place H4725.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - who goes before you on your way, to spy out a place H4725 for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, do not forget how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you went out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place H4725, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:5 - and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place H4725;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - “Every place H4725 on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the [fn]western sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - “You shall utterly destroy all the places H4725 where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

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