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מִקְדָּשׁ H4720

H4720 is the Hebrew word מִקְדָּשׁ, transliterated miqdâsh and said mik-dawsh'. The King James Version most often renders it sanctuary.

Word: מִקְדָּשׁTransliteration: miqdâshSaid: mik-dawsh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 63 verses

What it means

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum.

Where it comes from

or מִקְּדָשׁ; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942 (קָדַשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 65 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

sanctuary 55×sanctuaries 5×out of thy holy places 1×word toward the holy places 1×against my sanctuary 1×holy place 1×chapel 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.

Verses using מִקְדָּשׁ

The first 40 of 63 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 15:17 · KJV

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.

Exodus 25:8 · KJV

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

Leviticus 12:4 · KJV

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

Leviticus 16:33 · KJV

And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

Leviticus 19:30 · KJV

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 20:3 · KJV

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

Leviticus 21:12 · KJV

Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:23 · KJV

Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 26:2 · KJV

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 26:31 · KJV

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

Numbers 3:38 · KJV

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 10:21 · KJV

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

Numbers 18:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Numbers 19:20 · KJV

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

Joshua 24:26 · KJV

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22:19 · KJV

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:10 · KJV

Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

2 Chronicles 20:8 · KJV

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

2 Chronicles 26:18 · KJV

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

2 Chronicles 29:21 · KJV

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:8 · KJV

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 36:17 · KJV

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

Nehemiah 10:39 · KJV

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Psalm 68:35 · KJV

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

Psalm 73:17 · KJV

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Psalm 74:7 · KJV

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Psalm 78:69 · KJV

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Isaiah 8:14 · KJV

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 16:12 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

Isaiah 60:13 · KJV

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Jeremiah 51:51 · KJV

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.

Lamentations 1:10 · KJV

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Lamentations 2:7 · KJV

The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Lamentations 2:20 · KJV

Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Ezekiel 5:11 · KJV

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

Ezekiel 8:6 · KJV

He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

Ezekiel 9:6 · KJV

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Ezekiel 11:16 · KJV

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

Ezekiel 21:2 · KJV

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Ezekiel 23:38 · KJV

Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4720 mean?

H4720 is the Hebrew word מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdâsh), meaning a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum.

How is H4720 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it sanctuary (55 times), sanctuaries (5 times), out of thy holy places (1 time), word toward the holy places (1 time), against my sanctuary (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4720 appear in the Bible?

מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdâsh) is tagged in 63 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4720 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מִקְּדָשׁ; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942 (קָדַשׁ).

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