Sanctuary
מִקְדָּשׁStrong’s H4720miqdash (miq-dash)
Appears in 72 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Miqdash is the Hebrew word usually translated “sanctuary”, “sanctuary my” and “sanctuary of”. It appears in 72 verses of the Old Testament.
“Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.”
Meaning
- Sacred place, sanctuary, holy placesanctuary
How it's translated
- the sanctuary 16
- sanctuary my 14
- a sanctuary 5
- sanctuary of 5
- sanctuary your 3
- sanctuary his 3
- in sanctuary my 3
- and sanctuary my 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 29
- Leviticus 8
- Numbers 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Psalms 5
- Isaiah 4
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:17In contextNow therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Daniel 11:31In contextAnd arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- Exodus 15:17Thou 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 25:8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
- Leviticus 12:4And 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 16:33And 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.
All 72 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מִקְדָּשׁ miqdash · sanctuary
1) sacred place, sanctuary, holy place 1a) sanctuary 1a1) of the temple 1a2) of the tabernacle 1a3) of Ezekiel's temple 1a4) of Jehovah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sanctuary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SANC'TUARY, noun
[Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, sacred.]
- A sacred place; particularly among the Israelites, the most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and that only once a year to intercede for the people. Leviticus 4:6
- The temple at Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 20:8
- A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed. Psalms 73:17
- In catholic churches, that part of a church where the altar is placed, encompassed with a balustrade.
All definitions
- A place of protection; a sacred asylum.
- Shelter; protection.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.