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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 3 / 8 (Deu 12:3–Rth 1:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and burn their [fn]Asherim with fire, and you shall cut the graven images of their gods in pieces and destroy their name from that place H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - “But you shall seek Yahweh at the place H4725 which Yahweh your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then it will be that the place H4725 in which Yahweh your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [fn]contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:13 -

“Beware, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place H4725 you see,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - but in the place H4725 which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - “But you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place H4725 which Yahweh your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God in all that you send forth your hand to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place H4725 where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - “Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place H4725 which Yahweh chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - “And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place H4725 where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God all your days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - “And if the [fn]distance is so great for you that you are not able to [fn]bring the tithe, since the place H4725 where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when Yahweh your God blesses you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then you shall [fn]exchange it for money and bind the money in your hand and go to the place H4725 which Yahweh your God chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 - “You and your household shall eat it every year before Yahweh your God in the place H4725 which Yahweh chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - “And you shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God from the flock and the herd, in the place H4725 where Yahweh chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - but at the place H4725 where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the appointed time that you came out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - “And you shall cook and eat it in the place H4725 which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite who is within your gates and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place H4725 where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to Yahweh your God in the place H4725 which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether glad.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 -

“Three times in a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place H4725 which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If any case is too difficult for you to judge, between [fn]one kind of homicide or another, between [fn]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [fn]one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place H4725 which Yahweh your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - “And you shall do according to the [fn]terms of the judgment which they declare to you from that place H4725 which Yahweh chooses; and you shall be careful to do according to all that they teach you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 -

“Now if a Levite comes from any of your gates of the towns throughout Israel where he sojourns and comes [fn]whenever he desires to the place H4725 which Yahweh chooses,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of his city [fn]at the gateway of his hometown H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - “He shall live with you in your midst, in the place H4725 which he shall choose in one of your gates of the towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground which you bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place H4725 where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - and He has brought us to this place H4725 and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - “Then you came to this place H4725, and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we struck them down;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before Yahweh your God at the place H4725 which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:3 - “Every place H4725 on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place H4725 and go after it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - So it happened when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were [fn]lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place H4725 and went over all its banks as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place H4725 is called [fn]Gilgal to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - The commander of the host of Yahweh said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place H4725 where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and Yahweh turned from His burning anger. Therefore the name of that place H4725 has been called the valley of [fn]Achor to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the men in ambush rose quickly from their place H4725, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place H4725 which He would choose.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - ‘And he shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and speak his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall [fn]take him into the city to them and give him a place H4725, so that he may live among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:5 - So they named that place H4725 [fn]Bochim; and there they sacrificed to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place H4725.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 - Then the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, so each went away to his [fn]home H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - ‘And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land to our place H4725.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 -

Now it happened that when he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place H4725 [fn]Ramath-lehi.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10 - “When you enter, you will come to a secure people and a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, a place H4725 where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - And they went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place H4725 [fn]Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is [fn]west of Kiriath-jearim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - Then he said to his young man, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places H4725; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 -

But behold, an old man was coming from his work, from the field, at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place H4725 were Benjamites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 - And he said to her, “Get up and let us go,” but there was no answer. Then he took her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his [fn]home H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:22 - But the people, the men of Israel, strengthened themselves and arranged themselves for battle again in the place H4725 where they had arranged themselves the first day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 - Then all the men of Israel arose from their place H4725 and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel in ambush burst forth of their place H4725, even out of Maareh-geba.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 -

So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were [fn]defeated. Now the men of Israel had given [fn]ground H4725 to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - So she went forth from the place H4725 where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

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