Mâqôwm — H4725

H4725 · Hebrew — מקום

Pronunciation: maw-kome'

Other spellings: mâqôm מָקֹם, mᵉqômâh מְקֹמָה

Definition

masculine noun

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)

  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

Usually translated as

place, home, room, whithersoever, country, open, space, whither

Origin

or mâqôm; also (feminine) mᵉqôwmâh; or mᵉqômâh; from H6965

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Mâqôwm occurs 401 times in 379 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (44), Exodus (10), Leviticus (23), Numbers (17), Deuteronomy (33), Joshua (9), Judges (13), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (23), 2 Samuel (12), 1 Kings (14), 2 Kings (13), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (18), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (6), Esther (3), Job (21), Psalms (8), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (8), Isaiah (16), Jeremiah (43), Ezekiel (15), Hosea (2), Joel (1), Amos (2), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Zephaniah (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M