מָקוֹם
māqôm
standing-place
Strong's H4725NounHebrewTWOT 1999hPlaces

מָקוֹם (māqôm) is a Hebrew noun meaning standing-place. It appears 401 times in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4725).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1999h)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1999h)standing-place, place; station, post, office; place of human abode; locality, spot; space, room, distance; region, quarter, direction; standing, condition; country
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָקוֹם noun, masculine: standing-place, place

Strong's H4725 מָקוֹם: 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)
KJV:country, × home, × open, place, room, space, × whither(-soever).

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 1999: קוּם qûm — arise, stand up, stand; fulfil, confirm, ratify, establish, impose; raise up; raise oneself, rise up; cause to arise, raise, set up, erect, build, instigate, cause to stand; be raised up; opponent; rise; abide, accomplish…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:9Exodus 3:5Leviticus 1:16

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