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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 1 / 8 (Gen 1:9–Exo 20:24)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 - Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:13 - For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:27 - Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD’s presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - When God called me to leave my father’s home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - Laban said to him, “Come and stay with us, you who are blessed by the LORD! Why are you standing here outside the town when I have a room all ready for you and a place prepared for the camels?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - “It’s not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Please release me so I can go home to my own country.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:2 - When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:30 - Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:17 - Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:13 - Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - These are the names of the leaders of the clans descended from Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - So he asked the men who lived there, “Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?”
“We’ve never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So Hirah returned to Judah and told him, “I couldn’t find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they’ve never had a shrine prostitute there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - “Do not come any closer,” the LORD warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - They must realize that the Sabbath is the LORD’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD here with us or not?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If you follow this advice, and if God commands you to do so, then you will be able to endure the pressures, and all these people will go home in peace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.

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