τόπος topos

Greek word for “place” · Strong’s G5117 · used 94 times in 89 verses

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Meaning

τόπος, -ου, ὁ; place: 10:1, 32 6:10, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for topos in context, with how often each is used:

• place 79
• places 8
• opportunity 2
• various places 1
• spot 1
• your place 1
• room 1
• parts 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 6 (4), John 19 (4), Acts 27 (4), Matthew 14 (3), Luke 4 (3), Luke 14 (3), John 11 (3), Acts 7 (3), Revelation 12 (3), Matthew 24 (2)

Forms

• τόπον 46
• τόπος 16
• τόπῳ 15
• τόπου 7
• τόπους 5
• τόπων 3
• τόποις 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with topos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 11
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 11
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 11
• κατά kata “according to” 12
• κρανίον kranion “Skull” 4
• καλέω kaleō “to call” 7
• Ἑβραϊστί Hebraisti “Hebrew” 4
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 7
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 7
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 6
• τε te “and/both” 7
• πολύς polus “much” 8

Key verses

The verses using topos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
• John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• Acts 6:13 — And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
• Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
• Romans 12:19 — Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name…
• 2 Corinthians 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
• 1 Timothy 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Hebrews 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he…
• 2 Peter 1:19 — We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the…
• Revelation 2:5 — Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out…
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.