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Greek noun (masculine) · G5117

τόπος

topostop'-os

place

94 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: tópos

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5117is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 9
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G5117

a spot (generally in space, but limited by occupancy

The King James renders it: coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

topos is rendered "place". It stands 94 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:43When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

Matthew 12:43τόπων

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 13 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • place62
  • a place17
  • places9
  • opportunity2
  • parts1
  • room1
  • spot1
  • the place1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 94, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • τόπον44
  • τόπος16
  • τόπῳ14
  • τόπου7
  • τόπους5
  • τόπων3
  • τόποις2
  • τόπον.¶2
  • τόπῳ.¶1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular45N-ASM
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular15N-DSM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular14N-NSM
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular7N-GSM
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural5N-APM
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3N-GPM
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM-L
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM-L

Matthew

ten uses
  • When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

    Matthew 12:43

    • τόπωνtoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

    Matthew 14:13

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

    Matthew 14:15

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him

    Matthew 14:35

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

    Matthew 24:7

    • τόπουςtopousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

    Matthew 24:15

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

    Matthew 26:52

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

    Matthew 27:33

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Place
  • He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

    Matthew 28:6

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

Mark

ten uses
  • Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.

    Mark 1:35

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

    Mark 1:45

    • τόποιςtopoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

    Mark 6:11

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

    Mark 6:31

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

    Mark 6:32

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

    Mark 6:35

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

    Mark 13:8

    • τόπουςtopousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

    Mark 15:22

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Place
  • But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

    Mark 16:6

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place

Luke

nineteen uses
  • And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

    Luke 2:7

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

    Luke 4:17

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.

    Luke 4:37

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

    Luke 4:42

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

    Luke 6:17

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

    Luke 9:12

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

    Luke 10:1

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.

    Luke 10:32

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: spot
  • One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

    Luke 11:1

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

    Luke 11:24

    • τόπωνtoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

    Luke 14:9

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

    Luke 14:10

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

    Luke 14:22

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: room
  • for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

    Luke 16:28

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

    Luke 19:5

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

    Luke 21:11

    • τόπουςtopousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

    Luke 22:40

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

    Luke 23:33

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

John

sixteen uses
  • Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

    John 4:20

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

    John 5:13

    • τόπῳ.¶toponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

    John 6:10

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

    John 6:23

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

    John 10:40

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

    John 11:6

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

    John 11:30

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

    John 11:48

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

    John 14:2

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

    John 14:3

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

    John 18:2

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

    John 19:13

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

    John 19:17

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Place
  • Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

    John 19:20

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

    John 19:41

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

    John 20:7

    • τόπον.¶toponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

Acts

eighteen uses
  • to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

    Acts 1:25

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

    Acts 4:31

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

    Acts 6:13

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

    Acts 6:14

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

    Acts 7:7

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

    Acts 7:33

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the place
  • ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?

    Acts 7:49

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

    Acts 12:17

    • τόπον.¶toponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

    Acts 16:3

    • τόποιςtopoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: parts
  • crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

    Acts 21:28

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

    Acts 25:16

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: opportunity
  • We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

    Acts 27:2

    • τόπουςtopousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

    Acts 27:8

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

    Acts 27:29

    • τόπουςtopousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

    Acts 27:41

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

    Acts 28:7

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

Romans

three uses
  • and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

    Romans 9:26

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

    Romans 12:19

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

    Romans 15:23

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

    1 Corinthians 1:2

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

    1 Corinthians 14:16

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

2 Corinthians

one use
  • But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

    2 Corinthians 2:14

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place

Ephesians

one use
  • and do not give the devil a foothold.

    Ephesians 4:27

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: opportunity

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

    1 Thessalonians 1:8

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place

1 Timothy

one use
  • Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    1 Timothy 2:8

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place

Hebrews

three uses
  • For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

    Hebrews 8:7

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    Hebrews 11:8

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

    Hebrews 12:17

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place

2 Peter

one use
  • We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

    2 Peter 1:19

    • τόπῳtoponoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: place

Revelation

eight uses
  • Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

    Revelation 2:5

    • τόπουtopounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

    Revelation 6:14

    • τόπωνtoponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: places
  • And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

    Revelation 12:6

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.

    Revelation 12:8

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Revelation 12:14

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

    Revelation 16:16

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: place
  • For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance

    Revelation 18:17

    • τόπονtoponnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a place
  • Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

    Revelation 20:11

    • τόποςtoposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: place

Where it leads

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