מָקוֹם
Transliteration
māqôm
Pronunciation
maw-kome'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קוּם (H6965)
Dictionary Aids

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 , 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 ( 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.
a. space, room, Genesis 24:23, 25, 31 (J), Isaiah 5:8; compare Isaiah 28:8, Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:11.
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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References

Genesis

Genesis 1:9; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:3; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 18:24; Genesis 18:24; Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:33; Genesis 19:13; Genesis 19:27; Genesis 20:11; Genesis 20:13; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 22:4; Genesis 22:9; Genesis 22:14; Genesis 24:23; Genesis 24:25; Genesis 24:31; Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 28:17; Genesis 28:19; Genesis 29:3; Genesis 39:20; Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:3

Exodus

Exodus 3:5; Exodus 20:21; Exodus 20:24; Exodus 21:13; Exodus 23:20; Exodus 29:31; Exodus 29:31; Exodus 33:21

Leviticus

Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 4:33; Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 6:19; Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 7:2; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 13:19; Leviticus 14:13; Leviticus 14:30

Numbers

Numbers 9:17; Numbers 18:31; Numbers 20:5; Numbers 22:26; Numbers 23:13; Numbers 23:27; Numbers 32:1

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 12:2; Deuteronomy 12:3; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 12:13; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 14:25; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 16:6; Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 21:19

Joshua

Joshua 3:3; Joshua 4:18; Joshua 5:15; Joshua 8:19; Joshua 9:27

Judges

Judges 2:5; Judges 7:7; Judges 11:19; Judges 19:13; Judges 19:13; Judges 20:33; Judges 20:36

Ruth

Ruth 4:10

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 3:9; 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 9:22; 1 Samuel 12:8; 1 Samuel 14:46; 1 Samuel 20:25; 1 Samuel 20:27; 1 Samuel 20:37; 1 Samuel 21:3; 1 Samuel 23:22; 1 Samuel 26:13

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 11:16; 2 Samuel 15:21; 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 17:12; 2 Samuel 17:12

1 Kings

1 Kings 8:7; 1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 8:30; 1 Kings 8:30; 1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 20:24; 1 Kings 21:19

2 Kings

2 Kings 5:11; 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Kings 18:25; 2 Kings 23:14

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 21:22; 1 Chronicles 21:25

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Chronicles 5:8; 2 Chronicles 6:20; 2 Chronicles 6:21; 2 Chronicles 6:21; 2 Chronicles 6:26; 2 Chronicles 9:18; 2 Chronicles 33:19

Ezra

Ezra 9:8; Ezra 9:8

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:9; Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 4:6; Nehemiah 4:7; Nehemiah 4:14; Nehemiah 4:14

Esther

Esther 4:3; Esther 4:3; Esther 4:14; Esther 8:17; Esther 8:17

Job

Job 6:17; Job 9:6; Job 14:18; Job 16:18; Job 18:4; Job 18:21; Job 20:9; Job 37:1; Job 38:12; Job 38:19

Psalms

Psalms 24:3; Psalms 44:20; Psalms 84:7; Psalms 104:8

Proverbs

Proverbs 15:13

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:5; Ecclesiastes 1:7; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 6:6; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Ecclesiastes 10:4

Isaiah

Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 7:23; Isaiah 13:13; Isaiah 18:7; Isaiah 22:23; Isaiah 22:25; Isaiah 26:21; Isaiah 28:8; Isaiah 33:21; Isaiah 41:18; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 54:2; Isaiah 60:3

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 16:2; Jeremiah 16:3; Jeremiah 17:12; Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 22:12; Jeremiah 27:22; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 44:29

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 10:11; Ezekiel 41:11; Ezekiel 41:11; Ezekiel 43:7

Hosea

Hosea 2:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 5:15

Amos

Amos 4:6; Amos 4:6; Amos 8:3

Micah

Micah 1:3

Nahum

Nahum 1:8

Malachi

Malachi 1:11