Biblica Analytica
G5117 Greek

τόπος

topos

place

Lexicon Entry

Definition
place
Transliteration
topos
Strong's Number
G5117
Occurrences
95

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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The Greek word τόπος (topos) is a fundamental concept in the New Testament, appearing 95 times in the Bible. At its core, τόπος refers to a physical or geographical location, such as a city, town, or landscape. However, its usage extends beyond mere geography, encompassing a broader sense of context, situation, or setting. In the New Testament, τόπος is often used to describe the environment in which events unfold, such as the "place" where Jesus is crucified (Mark 15:22) or the "place" where a miracle occurs (John 9:7). It can also refer to a specific location within a larger setting, like the "place" where Jesus teaches (Matthew 5:1) or the "place" where a person lives (Luke 2:4). This falta flexibility allows τόπος to capture the nuances of various situations, making it a versatile and essential term in the biblical narrative. The significance of τόπος lies in its ability to ground events and teachings in specific contexts, highlighting the importance of setting and environment in shaping human experience. By examining the various uses of τόπος, readers can gain a deeper understanding of the cultural, geographical, and social fabric of the ancient world, as well as the ways in which Jesus and his followers interacted with their surroundings.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G5117
Lemma
τόπος
Transliteration
topos
Definition
place
Occurrences
95
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

95 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 14:13

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

Matthew 12:43

When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

Matthew 14:15

When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”

Matthew 14:35

When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick;

Mark 6:11

Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

Matthew 24:7

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

Matthew 24:15

“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 27:33

When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”

Matthew 27:33

When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”

Matthew 28:6

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

Mark 1:35

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

Mark 1:45

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

Mark 6:31

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Mark 6:32

They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

Mark 6:35

When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

Mark 13:8

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 15:22

They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

Mark 15:22

They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

Mark 16:6

He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

Luke 2:7

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 4:17

The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

Luke 4:37

News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

Luke 4:42

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.

Luke 6:17

He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

Luke 9:10

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.

Luke 9:12

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”

Luke 10:1

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come.

Luke 10:32

In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Luke 11:1

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Luke 11:24

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’

Luke 14:9

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

Luke 14:9

and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

Luke 14:10

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

Luke 14:22

“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

Luke 19:5

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

Luke 21:11

There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Luke 22:40

When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

John 4:20

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

John 5:13

But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.

John 6:10

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

John 6:23

However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

John 10:40

He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.

John 11:6

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

John 11:30

Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

John 11:48

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

John 14:2

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

John 14:3

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.