Lexical Summary
maqom: Place, location, site
Original Word:מָקוֹם
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Transliteration:maqowm
Pronunciation:mah-KOHM
Phonetic Spelling:(maw-kome')
KJV: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever)
NASB:place, places, home, site, room, ground, area
Word Origin:[fromH6965 (קוּם - arose)]
1. (properly) a standing, i.e. a spot
2. but used widely of a locality (general or specific)
3. (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
country, home, open, place, room, space, whithersoever
Or maqom {maw-kome'}; also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; fromquwm; 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) -- country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
see HEBREWquwm
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
qumDefinitiona standing place, place
NASB Translationanywhere* (1), area (1), country (1), direction (1), everywhere* (1), ground (2), home (7), hometown (1), localities (1), place (348), place suitable (1), places (16), position (1), room (3), seat* (2), site (4), sites (1), some (1), source (1), space (1), space* (1), where* (1), wherever (1), wherever* (2).
Topical Lexicon
Definition and Range of Meaningמָקוֹם (maqōm) denotes a “place,” “location,” or “standing ground,” whether geographical, spatial, or figurative. Of its roughly 401 Old Testament occurrences, the word can point to literal sites, sacred settings, states of affairs, or designated opportunities in God’s providence.
Divine Geography: Places Chosen by God
• From Creation onward, God orders space. “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place” (Genesis 1:9).
• After the flood, mountains of Ararat become a place of rest for the ark (Genesis 8:4).
• With Israel, the covenant Lord repeatedly speaks of “the place the LORD your God will choose for His Name to dwell” (Deuteronomy 12:5; 12:11; 14:23). The centralizing of worship in Jerusalem reflects God’s sovereign right to designate holy ground.
• Solomon’s prayer highlights the temple as that chosen place: “May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name” (1 Kings 8:29).
Sacred Places of Worship
1. Altars and Encounters
– Abraham builds altars at the place where God appears (Genesis 12:7; 22:9).
– Jacob names Bethel after declaring, “Surely the LORD is in this place” (Genesis 28:16-17).
2. Tabernacle and Temple
– The tabernacle is erected at precise places designated by cloud and fire (Exodus 40:34-38).
– The temple becomes “the place of the soles of My feet” (Ezekiel 43:7), signaling permanent divine residence.
3. Mount Sinai and Zion
– Sinai is called “the place near Me” where Moses stands in the cleft of the rock (Exodus 33:21-22).
– Zion, “His holy place,” is the locus of divine kingship (Psalm 24:3; 132:13-14).
Covenant and Land
מָקוֹם often marks territorial boundaries and inheritance. Deuteronomy narrates Israel’s movement “from place to place” (Deuteronomy 10:7), underscoring the gift of land. Tribal allotments are specified “from the place called…” (Joshua 15:1). Possessing the God-given place meant enjoying covenant blessings; exile meant removal from that place (2 Kings 17:23).
Place as Symbol of Divine Presence
Though God is omnipresent (“Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool; what is the house you would build for Me, and what is the place of My rest?”Isaiah 66:1), He graciously localizes His presence to meet His people. Hence “place” becomes shorthand for nearness to God (Psalm 27:5; 32:7).
Human Experience of Place
• Security: “You are my hiding place” (Psalm 32:7).
• Judgment: “That place will be desolate” (Jeremiah 22:5).
• Lament: Job’s suffering laments that his place “remembers him no more” (Job 7:10).
• Joy: “The place where tunnels of streams rejoice” (Isaiah 35:7).
Eschatological and Prophetic Uses
Prophets envision a renewed order where former “places of jackals” become fruitful (Isaiah 13:22; 35:7) and nations stream to the Lord’s holy place (Isaiah 2:2-3).Ezekiel 39:11 predicts “a place for burial” of Gog, signaling final judgment.Zechariah 14 pictures Jerusalem as the ultimate secure place of worship.
Literary Nuances
1. Locative Particle: Often paired with directives like “from,” “to,” or “in,” depicting movement or residence (Genesis 18:24;Ruth 4:1).
2. Idiomatic Uses: “There was no place for them” expresses exclusion (Nehemiah 13:8).
3. Poetic Parallelism:Psalm 103:16 contrasts man’s transience with God’s permanence—“its place remembers it no more.”
Ministry Implications
• Worship: Believers gather where God places His name, culminating in Christ who promises, “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them” (Matthew 18:20).
• Calling: Like Esther who attained royalty “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14), every disciple has a God-appointed place of service.
• Missions:Acts 1:8 redirects the notion of sacred place from one city to “the ends of the earth,” yet each locale becomes sacred ground when the gospel is proclaimed.
• Hope:Revelation 21:2-3 fulfills the Old Testament trajectory—“the dwelling place of God is with man.”
Thus מָקוֹם threads Scripture with the truth that while God fills heaven and earth, He chooses specific places to reveal His glory, accomplish redemption, and invite His people to dwell securely with Him forever.
Forms and Transliterations
בְּמָק֣וֹם בְּמָק֤וֹם בְּמָק֥וֹם בְּמָקֹ֥ם בִּ֠מְקוֹם בִּמְק֕וֹם בִּמְק֖וֹם בִּמְק֗וֹם בִּמְק֛וֹם בִּמְק֞וֹם בִּמְק֡וֹם בִּמְק֣וֹם בִּמְק֤וֹם בִּמְק֥וֹם בִּמְק֧וֹם בִּמְקֹמ֑וֹ בִּמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ בִּמְקוֹם֙ בִּמְקוֹמ֔וֹ בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ בִּמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ בַּמָּק֑וֹם בַּמָּק֕וֹם בַּמָּק֖וֹם בַּמָּק֗וֹם בַּמָּק֛וֹם בַּמָּק֜וֹם בַּמָּק֞וֹם בַּמָּק֣וֹם בַּמָּק֥וֹם בַּמָּק֧וֹם בַּמָּקוֹם֙ בַּמָּקוֹם־ במקום במקום־ במקומו במקומו׃ במקומנו במקם במקמו במקמו׃ הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם הַמְּקֹמ֑וֹת הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת הַמְּקֹמ֛וֹת הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹת הַמְּקֹמ֤וֹת הַמְּקֹמוֹת֙ הַמְּקֹמוֹת֮ הַמְּקוֹמ֖וֹת הַמְּקוֹמ֗וֹת הַמְּקוֹמֹ֑ת הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ הַמָּק֑וֹם הַמָּק֔וֹם הַמָּק֖וֹם הַמָּק֗וֹם הַמָּק֛וֹם הַמָּק֞וֹם הַמָּק֣וֹם הַמָּק֤וֹם הַמָּק֥וֹם הַמָּק֨וֹם הַמָּקֽוֹם׃ הַמָּקוֹם֙ הַמָּקוֹם֩ הַמָּקוֹם֮ המקום המקום׃ המקומות המקומת המקמות וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת וְלַ֨מָּק֔וֹם וּ֝מְק֗וֹם וּ֝מָק֗וֹם וּבִמְק֗וֹם וּבִמְק֥וֹם וּבַמָּק֤וֹם וּמְק֥וֹם וּמִמְּק֤וֹם וּמָק֖וֹם ובמקום והמקמות ולמקום וממקום ומקום כִּמְק֥וֹם כמקום לִמְקֹמ֑וֹ לִמְקֹמ֔וֹ לִמְקֹמָֽהּ׃ לִמְקֹמֹתָ֖ם לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ לִמְקוֹמֶֽךָ׃ לִמְקוֹמָ֑ם לִמְקוֹמָ֔ם לִמְקוֹמָ֖ם לִמְקוֹמָֽם׃ לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ לַמָּק֔וֹם לַמָּק֛וֹם לַמָּק֣וֹם לַמָּק֤וֹם לַמָּק֥וֹם לַמָּק֨וֹם למקום למקומו׃ למקומך׃ למקומם למקומם׃ למקמה׃ למקמו למקמו׃ למקמתם מְ֝ק֗וֹם מְק֕וֹם מְק֖וֹם מְק֗וֹם מְק֛וֹם מְק֞וֹם מְק֣וֹם מְק֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם מְק֤וֹם מְק֥וֹם מְקֹמ֑וֹ מְקֹמ֔וֹ מְקֹמ֖וֹ מְקֹמ֥וֹת מְקֹמָהּ֙ מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ מְקֽוֹם־ מְקוֹם֙ מְקוֹם־ מְקוֹמ֑וֹ מְקוֹמ֔וֹ מְקוֹמ֖וֹ מְקוֹמ֛וֹ מְקוֹמ֣וֹ מְקוֹמְךָ֖ מְקוֹמִ֔י מְקוֹמִ֖י מְקוֹמִֽי׃ מְקוֹמִי֙ מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָ מְקוֹמָ֑הּ מְקוֹמָ֑ם מְקוֹמָ֖ם מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ מְקוֹמָם֒ מְקוֹמֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ מְקוֹמוֹ֙ מִמְּק֣וֹמְכֶ֔ם מִמְּק֤וֹם מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ מִמְּקֹמ֔וֹ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ מִמְּקֽוֹמְךָ֙ מִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ מִמְּקוֹמ֖וֹ מִמְּקוֹמ֤וֹ מִמְּקוֹמְךָ֜ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃ מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃ מִמָּק֣וֹם מָ֝ק֗וֹם מָ֠קוֹם מָ֭קוֹם מָק֔וֹם מָק֖וֹם מָק֗וֹם מָק֣וֹם מָק֤וֹם מָק֥וֹם מָקֽוֹם׃ מָקוֹם֙ ממקום ממקומה ממקומו ממקומו׃ ממקומך ממקומכם ממקומם׃ ממקמו ממקמו׃ מקום מקום־ מקום׃ מקומה מקומה׃ מקומו מקומו׃ מקומי מקומי׃ מקומך מקומם מקומתיכם מקומתם מקמה מקמו מקמו׃ מקמות bam·mā·qō·wm bam·mā·qō·wm- bammaKom bammāqōwm bammāqōwm- bə·mā·qō·wm bə·mā·qōm bemaKom bəmāqōm bəmāqōwm bim·qō·mōw bim·qō·w·mê·nū bim·qō·w·mōw bim·qō·wm bimKom bimkoMenu bimkoMo bimqōmōw bimqōwm bimqōwmênū bimqōwmōw ham·mā·qō·wm ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ ham·mə·qō·w·mō·wṯ ham·mə·qō·w·mōṯ hammaKom hammāqōwm hammekoMot hamməqōmōwṯ hamməqōwmōṯ hamməqōwmōwṯ kim·qō·wm kimKom kimqōwm lam·mā·qō·wm lammaKom lammāqōwm lim·qō·māh lim·qō·mō·ṯām lim·qō·mōw lim·qō·w·mām lim·qō·w·me·ḵā lim·qō·w·mōw limkoMah limkoMam limkoMecha limkoMo limkomoTam limqōmāh limqōmōṯām limqōmōw limqōwmām limqōwmeḵā limqōwmōw mā·qō·wm maKom māqōwm mə·qō·māh mə·qō·mō·wṯ mə·qō·mōw mə·qō·w·māh mə·qō·w·mām mə·qō·w·me·ḵā mə·qō·w·mî mə·qō·w·mō·ṯām mə·qō·w·mō·ṯê·ḵem mə·qō·w·mōw mə·qō·wm mə·qō·wm- mə·qō·wm·ḵā meKom mekoMah mekoMam mekomCha mekoMecha mekoMi mekoMo mekoMot meKomoTam mekomoteiChem məqōmāh məqōmōw məqōmōwṯ məqōwm məqōwm- məqōwmāh məqōwmām məqōwmeḵā məqōwmî məqōwmḵā məqōwmōṯām məqōwmōṯêḵem məqōwmōw mim·mā·qō·wm mim·mə·qō·mōw mim·mə·qō·w·māh mim·mə·qō·w·mām mim·mə·qō·w·mōw mim·mə·qō·wm mim·mə·qō·wm·ḵā mim·mə·qō·wm·ḵem mimaKom mimeKom mimekoMah mimekoMam mimekomCha mimeKomChem mimekoMo mimmāqōwm mimməqōmōw mimməqōwm mimməqōwmāh mimməqōwmām mimməqōwmḵā mimməqōwmḵem mimməqōwmōw ū·ḇam·mā·qō·wm ū·ḇim·qō·wm ū·mā·qō·wm ū·mə·qō·wm ū·mim·mə·qō·wm ūḇammāqōwm ūḇimqōwm umaKom ūmāqōwm umeKom ūməqōwm umimeKom ūmimməqōwm uvammaKom uvimKom vehammekoMot veLammaKom wə·ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ wə·lam·mā·qō·wm wəhamməqōmōwṯ wəlammāqōwm
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