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Lexicon :: Strong's H4725 - māqôm

Aa
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 -

“Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every[fn] place.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 -

“Instead, turn to the place the LORD your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 -

“then the LORD your God will choose the place to have his name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions,[fn] and all your choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:13 -

“Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 -

“You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 -

“You are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God chooses ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your city gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you do,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 -

“If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock he has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your city gates whenever you want.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 -

“But you are to take the holy offerings you have and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 -

“You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place where he chooses to have his name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the LORD your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 -

“But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 -

“then exchange it for silver, take the silver in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 -

“Each year you and your family are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 -

“Sacrifice to the LORD your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the LORD chooses to have his name dwell.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 -

“Sacrifice the Passover animal only at the place where the LORD your God chooses to have his name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 -

“You are to cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 -

“Rejoice before the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to have his name dwell ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your city gates, as well as the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 -

“You are to hold a seven-day festival for the LORD your God in the place he chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 -

“All your males are to appear three times a year before the LORD your God in the place he chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one is to appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If a case is too difficult for you ​— ​concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults ​— ​cases disputed at your city gates, then go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 -

“You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do exactly as they instruct you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 -

“When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the LORD chooses,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 -

“his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 -

“Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 -

“take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land the LORD your God is giving you and put it in a basket. Then go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to have his name dwell.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 -

“He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 -

“When you reached this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 -

“when all Israel assembles in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:3 -

“I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 -

and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God carried by the Levitical priests, you are to break camp and follow it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 -

When the priests carrying the ark of the LORD’s covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet[fn] stepped out on solid ground, the water of the Jordan resumed its course, flowing over all the banks as before.

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The LORD then said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” Therefore, that place is still called Gilgal[fn] today.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 -

The commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did that.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 -

and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains still today. Then the LORD turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor[fn] still today.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 -

When he held out his hand, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They ran, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 -

On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers ​— ​as they are today ​— ​for the community and for the LORD’s altar at the place he would choose.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 -

“When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:5 -

So they named that place Bochim[fn] and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 -

The LORD said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the three hundred men who lapped and hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 -

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 -

“Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon. Israel said to him, ‘Please let us travel through your land to our country,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:17 -

When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone and named that place Jawbone Hill.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10 -

“When you get there, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has handed it over to you. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 -

They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. This is why the place is still called the Camp of Dan[fn] today; it is west of Kiriath-jearim.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 -

“Come on,” he said,[fn] “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 -

In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was residing in Gibeah where the people were Benjaminites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 -

“Get up,” he told her. “Let’s go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:22 -

But the Israelite troops rallied and again took their battle positions in the same place where they positioned themselves on the first day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 -

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of[fn] Geba.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 -

Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated.

The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 -

She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah.


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