τόπος G5117
Place — a physical location, region, or designated spot; sometimes a position, opportunity, or space in a figurative sense
Topos is the standard Greek word for 'place' in both its literal and extended senses. In the Gospels it designates specific geographic locations — the 'deserted place' where Jesus feeds the multitude (Matt 14:13, 15), Golgotha 'the place called the Skull' (Matt 27:33), and the 'holy place' of Daniel's prophecy (Matt 24:15). Acts and the Epistles occasionally extend it toward 'opportunity' or 'position' ('give place to wrath,' Rom 12:19; 'give no place to the devil,' Eph 4:27). Revelation deploys it cosmically: the places of heaven and earth (Rev 6:14; 12:8; 20:11). Spanish 'lugar,' French 'lieu,' and German 'Ort' parallel this range from concrete geography to abstract opportunity.
Senses
1. place, location, position — A physical location, spot, region, or designated area, covering the full range from specific named sites to general spaces. In the Gospels topos identifies particular locations in the narrative landscape — deserted places (Matt 14:13), holy places (Matt 24:15), and named localities (Matt 27:33). Epistolary usage extends toward abstract 'room' or 'opportunity' — giving no place to the devil (Eph 4:27). Spanish 'lugar,' French 'lieu,' and German 'Ort' all preserve this literal-to-figurative gradient across the word's 94 occurrences. 94×
AR["المَكانُ", "المَكَانُ", "المَكَانِ", "المَوضِعَ", "قَفرٍ", "مَكانٍ", "مَكَانٌ", "مَكَانٍ", "مَكَانُ", "مَكَانِ", "مَكَانِهِ", "مَوضِعَ"]·ben["জায়গা", "জায়গায়", "জায়গার", "স্থান", "স্থানে"]·DE["Ort"]·EN["Place", "a-place", "place", "room"]·FR["lieu"]·heb["הַ-מָקוֹם", "מְקוֹם", "מְקוֹמ-וֹ", "מָקוֹם"]·HI["अलग-में", "और", "न-ग्रहण-करे", "स्थन", "स्थान"]·ID["Tempat", "itu", "tempat", "tempatnya"]·IT["luogo"]·jav["Panggenan,", "panggenan", "panggenan,", "panggenan-punika,"]·KO["곳", "곳,", "곳-에", "곳-을", "곳에", "곳으로", "곳의", "곳이", "곳이,", "자리-가", "장소", "장소라고", "장소로", "장소를"]·PT["lugar"]·RU["Место", "места", "месте", "место", "место,"]·ES["lugar"]·SW["mahali", "nafasi", "pa-faragha", "paitwapo", "pake", "patakatifu"]·TR["yer", "yerde", "yere", "yeri", "yerin", "yerine"]·urd["جگہ", "جگہ-", "جگہ-میں", "جگہ-کے"]
Matt 14:13, Matt 14:15, Matt 14:35, Matt 24:15, Matt 26:52, Matt 27:33, Matt 27:33, Matt 28:6, Mark 6:11, Mark 6:31, Mark 6:32, Mark 6:35 (+38 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
τόπος, ὁ (feminine by attraction τόπον τὰν καλειμέναν Δαματρείαν Refs 2nd c.BC+, place, region, first in Refs 4th c.BC+, afterwards frequently in all writers; periphrastic, χθονὸς πᾶς τ., i.e. the whole earth, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν Ἑλλάδος τόποις in Greece,Refs; πρὸς ἑσπέρους τ. towards the West, Refs; πρόσθε Σαλαμῖνος τόπων before Salamis, Refs 5th c.BC+: so in Prose, district, ὁ τ. ὁ Ἑλληνικός…