Strong's Lexicon
topos: Place, location, region, opportunity
Original Word:τόπος
Part of Speech:Noun, Masculine
Transliteration:topos
Pronunciation:TOH-pos
Phonetic Spelling:(top'-os)
Definition:Place, location, region, opportunity
Meaning:a place, region, seat; an opportunity.
Word Origin:Derived from the primary verb "τῆκω" (tēkō), meaning "to make or prepare a place."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -מָקוֹם (maqom): Often translated as "place" in the Old Testament, used in contexts such as Genesis 28:11, "He came to a certain place and spent the night there."
Usage:The Greek word "τόπος" (topos) primarily refers to a physical location or place. It can denote a specific geographical area, a position or spot, or even a metaphorical space such as an opportunity or occasion. In the New Testament, "topos" is used to describe both literal and figurative places, emphasizing the significance of location in the narrative and theological context.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "place" was significant in both physical and philosophical terms. Cities and regions were often associated with particular deities, cultural practices, and historical events. In Jewish thought, certain places held sacred significance, such as Jerusalem and the Temple. The New Testament reflects this cultural understanding, using "topos" to convey both the physical and spiritual dimensions of place.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. word
Definitiona place
NASB Translationareas (1), locality (1), occasion (1), opportunity (2), parts (1), passenger* (1), place (75), places (6), reef (1), regions (1), room (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5117: τόποςτόπος,
τόπου,
ὁ, in Attic from
Aeschylus and his contemporaries on; the
Sept.מָקום;
place; i. e.:
1. properly, any portion of space marked off, as it were, from surrounding, space; used of
a. an inhabited place, as a city, village, district:Luke 4:37;Luke 10:1;Acts 12:12;Acts 16:3;Acts 27:2, 8;1 Corinthians 1:2;2 Corinthians 2:14;1 Thessalonians 1:8;Revelation 18:17 (GLTTrWH);τόντόπονκαίτόἔθνος, the place which the nation inhabit, i. e. the holy land and the Jewish people,John 11:48 (cf. 2 Macc. 5:19f);τόποςἅγιος, the temple (which theSept. of Isa. Ix. 13 callsὁἅγιοςτόποςτοῦΘεοῦ),Matthew 24:15. of a house,Acts 4:31. of uninhabited places, with adjectives:ἔρημος,Matthew 14:13, 15;Mark 1:35;Mark 6:31;Luke 4:42;Luke 9:10RGL, 12;πεδινός,Luke 6:17;ἄνυδρος, plural,Matthew 12:43;Luke 11:24. of any place whatever:κατάτόπους (R. V.in divers places) i. e. the world over (but seeκατά, II. 3 a.α.),Matthew 24:7;Mark 13:8; (ἐνπαντίτόπῳ,2 Thessalonians 3:16 Lachmann); of places in the sea,τραχεῖςτόποι,Acts 27:29 (R. V.rocky ground);τόποςδιθάλασσος (A. V.place where two seas met);Acts 27:41. of that 'place' where what is narrated occurred:Luke 10:32;Luke 19:5;Luke 22:40;John 5:13;John 6:10;John 18:2. of a place or spot where one can settle, abide, dwell:ἑτοιμάζειντίνιτόπον,John 14:2f, cf.Revelation 12:6;ἔχειντόπον, a place to dwell in, Revelation, the passage cited;οὐκἦναὐτοῖςτόποςἐντῷκαταλύματι,Luke 2:7;διδόναιτίνιτόπον, to give one place, give way to one,Luke 14:9a;τόποςοὐχεὑρέθηαὐτοῖς,Revelation 20:11; of the seat which one gets in any gathering, as at a feast,Luke 14:10;τήνἔσχατοντόπον,κατέχειν,Luke 14:9b; of the place or spot occupied by things placed in it,John 20:7. the particular place referred to is defined by I the words appended: — by a genitive,τόποςτῆςβασάνου,Luke 16:28;τῆςκαταπαύσεώς,Acts 7:49;κρανίου,Matthew 27:33;Mark 15:22;John 19:17; (τόντόποντῶνἥλων,John 20:25bLTTr marginal reading); — by the addition ofοὗ,ὅπου,ἐφ' orἐνᾧ, followed by finite verbs,Matthew 28:6;Mark 16:6;John 4:20;John 6:23;John 10:40;John 11:6, 30.;;Acts 7:33;Romans 9:26; — by the addition of a proper name:τόποςλεγόμενος, orκαλούμενος,Matthew 27:33;Mark 15:22;Luke 23:33;John 19:13;Revelation 16:16;ὁτόποςτίνος, the place which a person or thing occupies or has a right to:Revelation 2:5;Revelation 6:14;Revelation 12:8; where a thing is hidden,τῆςμαχαίρας, i. e. its sheath,Matthew 26:52. the abode assigned by God to one after death wherein to receive his merited portion of bliss or of misery: (ὁἴδιοςτίνος (τίνος), universally,Ignatius ad Magnes. 5, 1 [ET] (cf.ὁαἰώνιοςτόπος, Tobit 3:6)); applied to Gehenna,Acts 1:25 (seeἴδιος, 1 c.);ὁὀφειλόμενοςτόπος, of heaven,Polycarp, ad Philip. 9, 2 [ET];Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 4 [ET]; alsoὁἅγιοςτόπος, ibid. 5, 7 [ET]; (ὁὡρισμένοςτόπος the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 1 [ET];Act. Paul et Thecl. 28; see especially Harnack's note on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 4 [ET]).b. a place (passage) in a book:Luke 4:17 (καίἐνἄλλῳτόπῳφησίν,Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 20 ((but this is doubtful; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 4; yet cf. Kühner, ad loc.);Philo de Joseph., § 26;Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 8, 4 [ET]); in the same senseχώρα inJosephus, Antiquities 1, 8, 3).
2. metaphorically,
a.the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly:ἀναπληρουντόντόποντοῦἰδιώτου (R. V.filleth the place of the unlearned),1 Corinthians 14:16;τῆςδιακονίαςταύτηςκαίἀποστολῆς (R. V.the place in this ministry, etc.),Acts 1:25LTTrWH.
b.opportunity, power, occasion for acting:τόπονλαμβάνειντῆςἀπολογίας, opportunity to make his defense,Acts 25:16 (ἔχειντῆςἀπολογίας,Josephus, Antiquities 16, 8, 5);τόπονδιδόναιτῇὀργή (namely,τοῦΘεοῦ),Romans 12:19;τῷδαιβόλω,Ephesians 4:27 (τῷἰατρῷ, to his curative efforts in one's case, Sir. 38:12;νόμῳὑψίστου, Sir. 19:17;τόπονδιδόναιτινα, followed by an infinitive, Sir. 4:5);τόποςμετανοίαςεὑρίσκειν,Hebrews 12:17, on this passage, seeεὑρίσκω, 3 (διδόναι. Wis. 12:10;Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 7, 5 [ET]; Latinlocum relinquere paenitentiae,Livy 44, 10; 24, 26; (Pliny, epistle ad Trajan 96 (97), 10 cf. 2);ἔχειντόπονμετανοίας, Tat. or. ad Graec. 15 at the end;διάτόμήκαταλείπεσθαισφισιςτόπονἐλέουςμηδέσυγγνωμης,Polybius 1, 88, 2);τόπονἔχειν namely,τοῦεὐαγγελίζεσθαι,Romans 15:23;ἐζητεῖτοτόπος, with a genitive of the thing for which influence is sought among men:διαθήκης, passiveHebrews 8:7 ((cf.μέμφομαι)). [SYNONYMS:τόπος 1,χώρα,χωρίον:τόποςplace, indefinite; a portion of space viewed in reference to its occupancy, or as appropriated to a thing;χώραregion, country, extensive; space, yet bounded;χωρίονparcel of ground (John 4:5), circumscribed; a definite portion of space viewed as enclosed or complete in itself;τόπος andχωρίον (plural,R. V.lands) occur together inActs 28:7. Cf.Schmidt, chapter 41.]
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a placeApparently a primary word; a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereaschora is a large but participle locality), i.e. Location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard -- coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.
see GREEKchora
Forms and Transliterations
τόποι τοποις τόποις τοπον τόπον τοπος τόπος τοπου τόπου τοπους τόπους τοπω τόπω τόπῳ τοπων τόπων τορευταί τορευτή τορευτήν τορευτοί τορευτόν τορευτός τορευτών topo topō tópoi tópōi topois tópois topon topōn tópon tópōn topos tópos topou tópou topous tópousLinks
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