מָקוֹם
mâqôwm · H4725 · Hebrew · 401 occurrences
This name belongs to 4 places
- Holy Placefirst named in Exodus 26:3319 verses
- Holy Placefirst named in 1 Kings 8:814 verses
- Most Holy Placefirst named in 1 Kings 6:1612 verses
- Enaimfirst named in Genesis 38:142 verses
Meanings
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place, spot, site
A specific area or point in space
ExamplesGenesis 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Genesis 12:6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Genesis 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
129 occurrences in 53 groups
- הוּhis 53
- הֶםtheir 10
- הּher 6
- ךָyour 5
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 4
- יmy 4
- Other words · 46 groups that occur once or twice (52) 52
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
220 occurrences in 64 groups
- זֶהthis 65
- בָּחַרto choose 24
- הוּאhe, she, it 22
- אָמַרto say 9
- קָדוֹשׁholy 9
- הָיָהto be, to become 6
- Other words · 48 groups that occur once or twice (58) 58
Named alongside itApposition
11 occurrences in 7 groups
- זֶהthis 4
- בַּיִתhouse, household 2
- כָּסִפְיָאCasiphia 2
- מְדִינָהprovince 2
- עִירcity, town 2
- הַרmountain 1
What it doesIt is the subject
13 occurrences in 7 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- נָכַרto recognize 2
- פָּקַדto number, to punish 2
- צָרַרto distress, to be hostile, to bind up 2
- רָחַקto be far 2
- יָדַעto know 1
What is done to itIt is the object
34 occurrences in 20 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 6
- רָאָהto see 4
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 4
- יָדַעto know 3
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
12 occurrences in 10 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
8 occurrences in 8 groups
- זֶהthis 2
- אַדִּירmighty 1
- חֶדְוָהjoy 1
- מָקוֹםplace 1
- עֹזstrength, might 1
- עַיִןeye, sight 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
278 occurrences in 7 groups
- בin/on/with 171
- אֵלto, toward 148
- מִןfrom 88
- לto/for 66
- עַלon, upon, over, against 21
- עַדto, as far as, until 17
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
30 occurrences in 7 groups
- שֵׁםname 16
- אִישׁman, person, each 7
- שַׁעַרgate 2
- תְּפִלָּהprayer 2
- אֶפֶסthere is not 1
- אֶבֶןstone 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τόπος tópos · G5117 · space, place, room
- Greek τόπος renders Hebrew מָקוֹם as its direct cross-linguistic equivalent across the semantic range of physical location, space, and place, representing the standard LXX translation choice for this core spatial concept.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Space002002001017
- This extremely common word denotes a place or location, used throughout the narratives of Genesis and beyond to mark where people traveled, camped, or built altars.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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