τόπος

τόπος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for מָקוֹם ;]

place: Luk 4,37; 10,1, 32 Joh 5,13; 6,10, ApG 12,17, 1 Kor 1,2, al.; τ. ἅγιος (cf. Es 60,13), Matt 24,15; ἔρημος, Matt 14,13, al.; πεδινός, Luk 6,17 ἄνυδρος (pl.), Matt 12,43, Luk 11,24; κατὰ τόπος (BV, in divers places), Matt 24,7, Mark 13,8; τραχεῖς τ., ApG 27,29 τ. διθάλασσος (which see), ib. 41; ἑτοιμάζειν τ., Joh 14,2, 3; ἔχειν, Åb 12,6 διδόναι, Luk 14,9 with genitive defin., τ. βασάνου, Luk 16,28 τ. καταπαύσεως, ApG 7,49 κρανίου, Matt 27,33, Mark 15,22, Joh 19,17; before οὗ, Rom 9,26 ὅπου, Matt 28,6, Mark 16,6, Joh 4,20; 6,23; 10,40; 11,30; 19,41; ἐν ᾧ, Joh 11,6 ἐφ ̓ ᾧ, ApG 7,33 of a place which a person or thing occupies, Åb 2,5; 6,14; 12,8; τ. μαχαίρας, Matt 26,52 ὁ ἴδιος τ., ApG 1,25 of a place in a book, Luk 4,17 (cf. Clem. Rom., I Co., 8, 4). Metaphorical, of condition, station, occasion, opportunity or power: ApG 25,16, Rom 12,19; 15,23, Ef 4,27 (cf. Sir 38,12).

SYN.: χώρα (extensive), region; χωρίον (enclosed), a piece of ground. τ. is "a portion of space viewed in reference to its occupancy, or as appropriated to a thing " (Grimm-Thayer, see word).