Place

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: place, placed, places, placing. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “place” or one of its forms.

• מָקוֹם mâqôm297
• תַּחַת tachath128
• בָּמָה bâmâh82
• τόπος tópos70
• נָתַן nâthan64
• שׂוּם sûm46
• קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh28
• נוּחַ nûach15
• מָכוֹן mâkôn12
• ἐπιτίθημι epitíthēmi12
• τίθημι títhēmi12
• מְנוּחָה menûchâh11

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• מָקוֹם mâqômstanding, spot, conditiontranslated this way 297 times of its 381 uses · Strong’s H4725Noun  ·  Translated: place 279, home 16, places 11, wherever 7

  Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

  Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

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• תַּחַת tachaththe under parttranslated this way 128 times of its 465 uses · Strong’s H8478Preposition  ·  Translated: place 126, under 106, for 34, beneath 29

  Genesis 4:25 And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

  Exodus 10:23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

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• בָּמָה bâmâhhigh placetranslated this way 82 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H1116Noun  ·  Translated: high places 64, high place 18, heights 10, ridge 2

  Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

  Numbers 33:52 you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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• נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 64 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb  ·  Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135

  Genesis 30:35 That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat— every one that had any white on it— and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

  Exodus 5:21 “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

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• שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 46 times of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb  ·  Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39

  Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

  Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

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• קֹדֶשׁ qôdeshsacred, sanctitytranslated this way 28 times of its 437 uses · Strong’s H6944Noun  ·  Translated: holy 192, sanctuary 42, sacred 31, according to the sanctuary 24

  Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

  Leviticus 6:30 But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.’’

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• נוּחַ nûachresttranslated this way 15 times of its 140 uses · Strong’s H5117Verb  ·  Translated: rest 20, leave 10, placed 9, set 7

  Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

  Exodus 16:33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

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• מָכוֹן mâkônfixed or established place, foundationtranslated this way 12 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H4349Noun  ·  Translated: place 11, foundation 2, original site 1, foundations 1

  Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance — the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

  1 Kings 8:13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

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• מְנוּחָה menûchâhresting-place, resttranslated this way 11 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s H4496Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 7, rest 5, place of rest 3

  Genesis 49:15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

  Numbers 10:33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

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• מִשְׁכָּן mishkândwelling-place, 'tabernacle'translated this way 8 times of its 134 uses · Strong’s H4908Noun  ·  Translated: tabernacle 101, dwellings 10, dwelling place 6, dwelling 4

  Leviticus 26:11 And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

  2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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• שִׁית shîthput, settranslated this way 8 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H7896Verb  ·  Translated: set 13, make 7, put 6, placed 5

  Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

  Ruth 3:15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.

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• מַסַּע massapulling up, breaking camp, setting out, journeytranslated this way 6 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H4550Noun  ·  Translated: journeys 2, set 2, journey 2

  Genesis 13:3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

  Exodus 17:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

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• סֵתֶר sêthercovering, hiding-place, secrecytranslated this way 6 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H5643Noun  ·  Translated: secret 10, secretly 5, hiding place 4, shelter 3

  1 Samuel 19:2 so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

  Psalm 18:11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

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• מָנוֹחַ mânôachresting-place, state, or condition of resttranslated this way 5 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H4494Noun  ·  Translated: place to rest 2, resting place 2, may 1, rested 1

  Genesis 8:9 But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

  Deuteronomy 28:65 Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

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• שָׁם shâmthere, thithertranslated this way 5 times of its 551 uses · Strong’s H8033Adverb  ·  Translated: there 309, from there 42, and there 38, where 29

  Genesis 11:9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

  Deuteronomy 12:6 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

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• זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 5 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27

  Genesis 50:25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

  Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

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• מוֹשָׁב môshâbseat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellerstranslated this way 4 times of its 42 uses · Strong’s H4186Noun  ·  Translated: live 9, dwellings 4, seat 4, settlements 4

  Genesis 27:39 His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

  Leviticus 13:46 As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

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• מָלוֹן mâlônlodging-place, inn, khantranslated this way 4 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H4411Noun  ·  Translated: place where they lodged for the night 1, place we lodged for the night 1, lodging place 1, place 1

  Genesis 42:27 At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

  Exodus 4:24 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 4 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 4 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201

  Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

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• מוֹעֵד môêdappointed time, place, meetingtranslated this way 4 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4150Noun  ·  Translated: Meeting 146, appointed feasts 20, appointed time 14, time 9

  Joshua 8:14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

  Psalm 74:4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

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• מָעוֹן mâôndwelling, habitationtranslated this way 4 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H4583Noun  ·  Translated: dwelling place 4, haunt 4, habitation 3, dwelling 2

  1 Samuel 2:32 You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

  2 Chronicles 36:15 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

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• בַּיִת bayithhousetranslated this way 4 times of its 1,913 uses · Strong’s H1004Noun  ·  Translated: house 1,132, temple 176, palace 117, household 93Full study and all 1,624 verses →
• כֵּן kênright, veritable, honesttranslated this way 4 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H3653Noun  ·  Translated: stand 8, place 4, position 2, pedestal 2

  Daniel 11:7 But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

  Daniel 11:20 In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

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• עַל alheighttranslated this way 4 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 3 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160

  Genesis 50:11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

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• מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâshsacred place, sanctuarytranslated this way 3 times of its 74 uses · Strong’s H4720Noun  ·  Translated: sanctuary 60, sanctuaries 5, holy places 2

  Leviticus 16:33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.

  Jeremiah 51:51 “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

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• יָצַג yâtsagset, placetranslated this way 3 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H3322Verb  ·  Translated: set 5, placed 2

  Judges 6:37 then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

  1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

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• נָוֶה nâvehabode of shepherd, or flockstranslated this way 3 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s H5116Noun  ·  Translated: pasture 11, dwelling 3, dwelling place 2, home 2

  2 Samuel 15:25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

  Isaiah 32:18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

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• רֵבֶץ rêbets(place of) lying down, resting- or dwelling-placetranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H7258Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 3, once lay 1

  Proverbs 24:15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

  Isaiah 65:10 Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

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• רָחוֹק râchôqdistant, fartranslated this way 3 times of its 84 uses · Strong’s H7350Adjective  ·  Translated: far 20, afar 13, distant 11, distance 10

  Isaiah 22:3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

  Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

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• אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 3 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition  ·  Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137Full study and all 3,455 verses →
• עֹמֶד ômedstanding-placetranslated this way 3 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H5977Noun  ·  Translated: places 3, posts 2, pillar 1, stood 1Full study and all 7 verses →
• מִסְתָּר mistârsecret place, hiding placetranslated this way 3 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H4565Noun  ·  Translated: ambush 2, secret places 2Full study and all 9 verses →
• מִצְעָר mitsâra small thingtranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H4705Noun  ·  Translated: small place 2, few 1, modest 1, short 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• לֹא lônottranslated this way 2 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
• יָד yâdhandtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,403 uses · Strong’s H3027Noun  ·  Translated: hand 664, hands 349, through 64, power 22Full study and all 1,290 verses →
• מְעוֹנָה meônâhid.translated this way 2 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H4585Noun  ·  Translated: dens 4, dwelling place 2, dwellings 1, den 1Full study and all 9 verses →
• מַאֲרָב maărâbambushtranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H3993Noun  ·  Translated: ambush 2, place of ambush 1, hiding places 1, wait 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 2 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84Full study and all 1,299 verses →
• עָמַד âmadtake one's stand, standtranslated this way 2 times of its 508 uses · Strong’s H5975Verb  ·  Translated: stood 99, stand 95, standing 50, stands 12Full study and all 485 verses →
• כּוּן kûnbe firmtranslated this way 2 times of its 213 uses · Strong’s H3559Verb  ·  Translated: established 43, prepared 23, prepare 16, establish 15Full study and all 204 verses →
• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• מַרְבֵּץ marbêtsid.translated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H4769Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 2Full study and all 2 verses →
• עַל alupon, over, on account of, above, to, againsttranslated this way 2 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H5922Preposition  ·  Translated: to 12, on 12, against 5, lay 4Full study and all 76 verses →
• שׂוּם sûmset, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s H7761Verb  ·  Translated: issued 6, authorized 2, decree 2, hereby 2Full study and all 22 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• τόπος tóposa placetranslated this way 70 times of its 87 uses · Strong’s G5117Noun  ·  Translated: place 64, places 6, room 3, everywhere 3Full study and all 83 verses →
• ἐπιτίθημι epitíthēmiI put, place upon, lay ontranslated this way 12 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s G2007Verb  ·  Translated: laid 6, place 5, placed 5, lay 4Full study and all 36 verses →
• τίθημι títhēmiI put, placetranslated this way 12 times of its 98 uses · Strong’s G5087Verb  ·  Translated: put 18, placed 12, lay 12, laid 10Full study and all 94 verses →
• γίνομαι gínomaiI come into being, am borntranslated this way 9 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G1096Verb  ·  Translated: become 58, came 42, became 34, happened 28Full study and all 515 verses →
• ἅγιος hágiosset apart, holy, sacredtranslated this way 6 times of its 231 uses · Strong’s G40Adjective  ·  Translated: Holy 149, saints 60, of 5, Holy Place 5Full study and all 221 verses →
• ἐκεῖθεν ekeîthenthence, from that placetranslated this way 5 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s G1564Adverb  ·  Translated: from there 10, place 5, area 2, that 1Full study and all 19 verses →
• πρωτοκλισία prōtoklisíathe chief place at a banquettranslated this way 5 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G4411Noun  ·  Translated: places of honor 4, place of honor 1Full study and all 5 verses →
• μέρος mérosa part, portiontranslated this way 3 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s G3313Noun  ·  Translated: part 9, parts 4, district 3, place 3Full study and all 37 verses →
• βάλλω bállōI cast, throw, rush, put, place, droptranslated this way 3 times of its 120 uses · Strong’s G906Verb  ·  Translated: thrown 26, put 16, throw 11, cast 10Full study and all 106 verses →
• σφραγίζω sphragízōI set a seal upontranslated this way 3 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G4972Verb  ·  Translated: sealed 5, Seal 2Full study and all 13 verses →
• ἐρημία erēmíaa desert placetranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2047Noun  ·  Translated: desolate place 2, country 1, deserts 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• χωρίον chōríona place, piece of land, fieldtranslated this way 2 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G5564Noun  ·  Translated: field 3, place 2, land 2, plot of ground 1Full study and all 9 verses →
• ἅπτομαι háptomaiI touch or handletranslated this way 2 times of its 35 uses · Strong’s G680Verb  ·  Translated: touched 20, touch 8, place his hands 2Full study and all 33 verses →
• καθεξῆς kathexēsin order, just aftertranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2517Adverb  ·  Translated: orderly account 1, Soon 1, whole sequence of events 1, place to place 1Full study and all 4 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.