מָקוֹם
mâqôwm · maw-kome'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from H6965 (קוּם);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָקוֹם 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
401 occurrences · 401 OT · 0 NT · 155 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- place43 · 19%
- in the place21 · 9%
- unto the place15 · 7%
- the place14 · 6%
- of the place13 · 6%
- in this place12 · 5%
- a place11 · 5%
- of that place10 · 4%
- upon this place8 · 4%
- to the place8 · 4%
- unto his place7 · 3%
- of his place6 · 3%
- toward this place6 · 3%
- against this place5 · 2%
- from his place5 · 2%
- this place5 · 2%
- that place4 · 2%
- unto this place4 · 2%
- into this place4 · 2%
- to his place4 · 2%
- in all places4 · 2%
- out of his place4 · 2%
- for the place4 · 2%
- in his place3 · 1%
- from the place3 · 1%
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.