τόπος

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place

τόπος , -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מָקוֹם ;] place : Luk.4:37 10:1, 32 Jhn.5:13 6:10 , Act.12:17 , 1Co.1:2 , al.; τ. ἅγιος (cf. Isa.60:13 ), Mat.24:15 ; ἔρημος, Mat.14:13 , al.; πεδινός, Luk.6:17; ἄνυδρος (pl.), Mat.12:43 , Luk.11:24 ; κατὰ τόπος (BV, in divers places ), Mat.24:7 , Mrk.13:8 ; τραχεῖς τ., Act.27:29; τ. διθάλασσος (which see), ib. 41; ἑτοιμάζειν τ., Jhn.14:2 , 3; ἔχειν, Rev.12:6; διδόναι, Luk.14:9; with genitive defin., τ. βασάνου, Luk.16:28; τ. καταπαύσεως, Act.7:49; κρανίου, Mat.27:33 , Mrk.15:22 , Jhn.19:17 ; before οὗ, Rom.9:26; ὅπου, Mat.28:6 , Mrk.16:6 , Jhn.4:20 6:23 10:40 11:30 19:41 ; ἐν ᾧ, Jhn.11:6; ἐφ ̓ ᾧ, Act.7:33; of a place which a person or thing occupies, Rev.2:5 6:14 12:8 ; τ. μαχαίρας, Mat.26:52; ὁ ἴδιος τ., Act.1:25; of a place in a book, Luk.4:17 (cf. Clem. Rom., I Co. , 8, 4). Metaphorical, of condition, station, occasion, opportunity or power : Act.25:16 , Rom.12:19 15:23 , Eph.4:27 (cf. Sir.38:12 ). SYN. : χώρα (extensive), region ; χωρίον (enclosed), a piece of ground . τ. is "a portion of space viewed in reference to its occupancy, or as appropriated to a thing " (Grimm-Thayer, see word). (AS)