מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh · mik-dawsh'
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִקְּדָשׁ; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִקְדָּשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
75 occurrences · 75 OT · 0 NT · 52 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the sanctuary8 · 15%
- my sanctuary7 · 13%
- the sanctuary6 · 11%
- sanctuary3 · 5%
- into my sanctuary3 · 5%
- and the sanctuary3 · 5%
- in the sanctuary2 · 4%
- into the sanctuary2 · 4%
- for the sanctuary2 · 4%
- his sanctuary2 · 4%
- of my sanctuary2 · 4%
- in my sanctuary2 · 4%
- me a sanctuary1 · 2%
- not my sanctuaries1 · 2%
- your sanctuaries1 · 2%
- thereof, even the hallowed part1 · 2%
- that was by the sanctuary1 · 2%
- ye the sanctuary1 · 2%
- thee a sanctuary1 · 2%
- and for the sanctuary1 · 2%
- into his sanctuary1 · 2%
- of their sanctuary1 · 2%
- out of thy holy places1 · 2%
- into thy sanctuary1 · 2%
- are in his sanctuary1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.