Midvash

מִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh

sacred place, sanctuary

Pronunciation: mik-dawsh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4720

Meanings

Pi`el

1. old Israel sanctuaries (Joshua 24:26; Exodus 15:17; Leviticus 26:31)

2. of the nations (Isaiah 16:12; Ezekiel 28:18)

3. tabernacle and its precincts (Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 16:33; Leviticus 21:23)

4. temple and precincts (1 Chronicles 22:19; Isaiah 63:18; Psalms 74:7)

5. ׳ י will become ׳ לְמ for his people (Ezekiel 11:16; Isaiah 8:14)

6. of ׳ י's future sanctuary (Ezekiel 37:26; Ezekiel 37:28; Numbers 18:29)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 75 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
  • Exodus 25:8 “Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them.
  • Leviticus 12:4 After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.
  • Leviticus 16:33 and purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation.
  • Leviticus 19:30 “Keep my Sabbath days of rest, and show reverence toward my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
  • Leviticus 20:3 I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).