King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4720
Transliteration: miqdash or miqqedash
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-dawsh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sacred place, sanctuary
Meaning: a consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum
Word Summary
miqdash or miqqedash: a sacred place, sanctuary
Original Word: מִקְדָּשׁTransliteration: miqdash or miqqedash
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-dawsh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sacred place, sanctuary
Meaning: a consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum
Strong's Concordance
chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary Or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh'}; from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum -- chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
see HEBREW qadash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4720. miqdash
or miqqedash מִקְדָּשׁ noun masculineAmos 7:9 sacred place, sanctuary; — ׳מ Exodus 25:8 +; מִקְּדָשׁ 15:17 (Ges§ 20h Köii. 1, 471); construct מִקְדַּשׁ Leviticus 16:33 +; suffix מִקְדָּשִׁי 20:3 +, etc., מִקְדְּשׁוֺ Numbers 18:29 (Köii. 1, 97); plural מִקְדָּשִׁים Ezekiel 21:7, construct מִקְדְּשֵׁי Jeremiah 51:51 2t.; suffix מִקְדָּשַׁי Leviticus 21:23; מְקַדְשֵׁיהֶם Ezekiel 7:24 (on anomalous pointing see Ew§ 215 a Hi-Sm; but probably
Pi`el Participle was in mind, Ges§ 93oo Anm.; < read מִקְדְּשֵׁיהֶם); etc.; —
1 old Israel sanctuaries: of ׳י at Shechem Joshua 24:26 (E); probably also Exodus 15:17 (i.e. Shiloh); plural of sanct. to be destroyed by ׳י Leviticus 26:31 (H); יִשׂ ׳מִקְדְּשֵׁי in Northern Israel Amos 7:9; מִקְדַּשׁמֶֿלֶךְ vAmos 7:13 (Bethel).
2 of the nations: Moab Isaiah 16:12 plural of Tyre Ezekiel 28:18 (Co Toy [not Berthol Krae] read קָדְשְׁךָ thy sanctity).
3 tabernacle and its precincts Exodus 25:8 (P) +; הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִקְדַּשׁ Leviticus 16:33, plural 21:23.
4 temple and precincts 1 Chronicles 22:19; Isaiah 63:18; Psalm 74:7 +; מִקְדָּשָׁם בֵּית2 Chronicles 36:17, הבית מקדשׁ Ezekiel 48:21, מ ׳מְכוֺן Daniel 8:11; plural of many sacred places in and about the temple. י בית ׳מִקְדְּשֵׁי Jeremiah 51:51; אֵל מִקְדְּשֵׁי Psalm 73:17. Doubtful are: מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ Psalm 68:36 (ᵐ5 ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ ᵑ9 de sanctuario; SS מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ); מִקְדָּשִׁים Ezekiel 21:7 (ᵐ5 Co Berthol Buhl מִקְדָּשָׁם; Toy Krae מִקְדָּשֶׁיהָ; "" יְרוּשָׁלַםִ); לַמִּקְדָּשׁ וּמִקְדָּשׁ 45:4b (Co, after לְקָדְשָׁם מִפְקָד ᵐ5, [לְבָֽתֵּי]; Toy וּלְמִגְרָשִׁים [לְבָֽתִּים], compare Krae לְמִגְרָשׁ).
5 ׳י will become ׳לְמ for his people Ezekiel 11:16 (BrMP 268), so apparently Isaiah 8:14 (but gloss Du CheHpt Marti; LagSemitic i. 16 מִקָּשׁ i.e. stumbling-block [he compare Syriac strike]).
6 of ׳יs future sanct., ׳מ לעולם בתוכם Ezekiel 37:26, 28. — (מִמֶּנּוּ) אֶתקּמִקְדְּשׁוֺ (מִכָּלחֶֿלְבּוֺ) Numbers 18:29 even the hallowed part there of AV RV, but this not the meaning of ׳מ; Ew§ 255 c assumes מַ֗֗֗קְדֵּשׁ in this sense; < read קָדְשׁוֺ (see קֹדֶשׁ 3d), מִ being dittograph