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H4725 מָקוֹם (mâqôwm) maw-kome'
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

place

Strong's Definition

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)

Derivation: or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from H6965 (קוּם);

KJV Usage: country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).

TWOT Reference: 1999h

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) standing place, place
1a) standing place, station, post, office
1b) place, place of human abode
1c) city, land, region
1d) place, locality, spot
1e) space, room, distance
1f) region, quarter, direction
1g) give place to, instead of

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָקוֹם / מְקֹמָה / מְקוֹמָה / מָקֹם mâqôm / meqômâh BDB Definition: 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6965 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1999h Total KJV Occurrences: 405

Bible Occurrences (379)

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