מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdāš
sacred place
Strong's H4720NounHebrewTWOT 1990fPlaces

מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdāš) is a Hebrew noun meaning sacred place. It appears 74 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4720).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1990f)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1990f)sacred place, sanctuary; consecrated, palace, asylum; chapel, hallowed part, holy place
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִקְדָּשׁ noun, masculine: sacred place, sanctuary

Strong's H4720 מִקְדָּשׁ: a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
KJV:chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1990: קָדַשׁ qādaš — be set apart, consecrated; be hallowed, tabooed; shew oneself sacred, majestic, be honored, treated as sacred, dedicated; set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate, observe as holy, keep sacred, honor as sacred; regard, treat…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 15:17Leviticus 12:4Numbers 3:38

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