τόπος, τόπου, ὁ, in Attic from Aeschylus and his contemporaries on; the Sept. ξΘχεν; place; i. e.: 1. properly, any portion of space marked off, as it were, from surrounding, space; used of a. an inhabited place, as a city, village, district: Luk_4:37; Luk_10:1; Act_12:12; Act_16:3; Act_27:2; Act_27:8; 1Co_1:2; 2Co_2:14; 1Th_1:8; Rev_18:17 (G L T Tr WH); τόν τόπον καί τό ἔθνος, the place which the nation inhabit, i. e. the holy land and the Jewish people, Joh_11:48 (cf. 2Ma_5:19 f); τόπος ἅγιος, the temple (which the Sept. of Isa. Ix. 13 calls ὁ ἅγιος τόπος τοῦ Θεοῦ), Mat_24:15. of a house, Act_4:31. of uninhabited places, with adjectives: ἔρημος, Mat_14:13; Mat_14:15; Mar_1:35; Mar_6:31; Luk_4:42; Luk_9:10 R G L, 12; πεδινός, Luk_6:17; ἄνυδρος, plural, Mat_12:43; Luk_11:24. of any place whatever: κατά τόπους (R. V. in divers places) i. e. the world over (but see κατά, II. 3 a. α.), Mat_24:7; Mar_13:8; (ἐν παντί τόπῳ, 2Th_3:16 Lachmann); of places in the sea, τραχεῖς τόποι, Act_27:29 (R. V. rocky ground); τόπος διθάλασσος (A. V. place where two seas met); Act_27:41. of that 'place' where what is narrated occurred: Luk_10:32; Luk_19:5; Luk_22:40; Joh_5:13; Joh_6:10; Joh_18:2. of a place or spot where one can settle, abide, dwell: ἑτοιμάζειν τίνι τόπον, Joh_14:2 f, cf. Rev_12:6; ἔχειν τόπον, a place to dwell in, Revelation, the passage cited; οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι, Luk_2:7; διδόναι τίνι τόπον, to give one place, give way to one, Luk_14:9 a; τόπος οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῖς, Rev_20:11; of the seat which one gets in any gathering, as at a feast, Luk_14:10; τήν ἔσχατον τόπον, κατέχειν, Luk_14:9 b; of the place or spot occupied by things placed in it, Joh_20:7. the particular place referred to is defined by I the words appended: by a genitive, τόπος τῆς βασάνου, Luk_16:28; τῆς καταπαύσεώς, Act_7:49; κρανίου, Mat_27:33; Mar_15:22; Joh_19:17; (τόν τόπον τῶν ἥλων, Joh_20:25 b L T Tr marginal reading); by the addition of οὗ, ὅπου, ἐφ' or ἐν ᾧ, followed by finite verbs, Mat_28:6; Mar_16:6; Joh_4:20; Joh_6:23; Joh_10:40; Joh_11:6; Joh_11:30.; ; Act_7:33; Rom_9:26; by the addition of a proper name: τόπος λεγόμενος, or καλούμενος, Mat_27:33; Mar_15:22; Luk_23:33; Joh_19:13; Rev_16:16; ὁ τόπος τίνος, the place which a person or thing occupies or has a right to: Rev_2:5; Rev_6:14; Rev_12:8; where a thing is hidden, τῆς μαχαίρας, i. e. its sheath, Mat_26:52. the abode assigned by God to one after death wherein to receive his merited portion of bliss or of misery: (ὁ ἴδιος τίνος (τίνος), universally, Ignatius ad Magnes. 5, 1 [ET] (cf. ὁ αἰώνιος τόπος, Tob_3:6)); applied to Gehenna, Act_1:25 (see ἴδιος, 1 c.); ὁ ὀφειλόμενος τόπος, of heaven, Polycarp, ad Philip. 9, 2 [ET]; Clement of Rome, 1Co_5:1-13; 1Co_4:1-21 [ET]; also ὁ ἅγιος τόπος, ibid. 5, 7 [ET]; (ὁ ὡρισμένος τόπος the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 1 [ET]; Act. Paul et Thecl. 28; see especially Harnack's note on Clement of Rome, 1Co_5:1-13; 1Co_4:1-21 [ET]). b. a place (passage) in a book: Luk_4:17 (καί ἐν ἄλλῳ τόπῳ φησίν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 20 ((but this is doubtful; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 4; yet cf. Kühner, ad loc.); Philo de Joseph., § 26; Clement of Rome, 1Co_8:1-13; 1Co_4:1-21 [ET]); in the same sense χώρα in Josephus, Antiquities 1, 8, 3). 2. metaphorically, a. the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly: ἀναπληρουν τόν τόπον τοῦ ἰδιώτου (R. V. filleth the place of the unlearned), 1Co_14:16; τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καί ἀποστολῆς (R. V. the place in this ministry, etc.), Act_1:25 L T Tr WH. b. opportunity, power, occasion for acting: τόπον λαμβάνειν τῆς ἀπολογίας, opportunity to make his defense, Act_25:16 (ἔχειν τῆς ἀπολογίας, Josephus, Antiquities 16, 8, 5); τόπον διδόναι τῇ ὀργή (namely, τοῦ Θεοῦ), Rom_12:19; τῷ δαιβόλω, Eph_4:27 (τῷ ἰατρῷ, to his curative efforts in one's case, Sir_38:12; νόμῳ ὑψίστου, Sir_19:17; τόπον διδόναι τινα, followed by an infinitive, Sir_4:5); τόπος μετανοίας εὑρίσκειν, Heb_12:17, on this passage, see εὑρίσκω, 3 (διδόναι. Wis_12:10; Clement of Rome, 1Co_7:1-40; 1Co_5:1-13 [ET]; Latinlocum relinquere paenitentiae, Livy 44, 10; 24, 26; (Pliny, epistle ad Trajan 96 (97), 10 cf. 2); ἔχειν τόπον μετανοίας, Tat. or. ad Graec. 15 at the end; διά τό μή καταλείπεσθαι σφισις τόπον ἐλέους μηδέ συγγνωμης, Polybius 1, 88, 2); τόπον ἔχειν namely, τοῦ εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, Rom_15:23; ἐζητεῖτο τόπος, with a genitive of the thing for which influence is sought among men: διαθήκης, passive Heb_8:7 ((cf. μέμφομαι)). [SYNONYMS: τόπος 1, χώρα, χωρίον: τόπος place, indefinite; a portion of space viewed in reference to its occupancy, or as appropriated to a thing; χώρα region, country, extensive; space, yet bounded; χωρίον parcel of ground (Joh_4:5), circumscribed; a definite portion of space viewed as enclosed or complete in itself; τόπος and χωρίον (plural, R. V. lands) occur together in Act_28:7. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 41.]

τόπος topos 94x a place, locality, Mat_12:43 ; Luk_6:17 ; a limited spot or ground, Mat_24:15 ; Mat_27:33 ; Joh_4:20 ; Act_6:13 ; a precise spot or situation, Mat_28:6 ; Mar_16:6 ; Luk_14:9 ; a dwelling place, abode, mansion, dwelling, seat, Joh_14:2-3 ; Act_4:31 ; a place of ordinary deposit, Mat_26:52 ; a place, passage in a book, Luk_4:17 ; place occupied, room, space, Luk_2:7 ; Luk_14:9 ; Luk_14:22 ; place, opportunity, Act_25:16 ; Heb_12:17 ; place, condition, position, 1Co_14:16 district; place; region. Πόντος Pontos 1x Pontus, country of Asia Minor, Act_2:9 ; 1Pe_1:1

τόπος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H4725 ;] place: Luk_4:37 ; Luk_10:1 ; Luk_10:32 Joh_5:13 ; Joh_6:10 , Act_12:17 , 1Co_1:2 , al. ; τ . ἅγιος ( cf. Isa_60:13 ), Mat_24:15 ; ἔρημος , Mat_14:13 , al. ; πεδινός , Luk_6:17 ; ἄνυδρος ( pl .), Mat_12:43 , Luk_11:24 ; κατὰ τόπους ( EV , in divers places ), Mat_24:7 , Mar_13:8 ; τραχεῖς τ ., Act_27:29 ; τ . διθάλασσος ( q.v. ), Act_27:41 ; ἑτοιμάζειν τ ., Joh_14:2-3 ; ἔχειν , Rev_12:6 ; διδόναι , Luk_14:9 ; c . gen . defin., τ . βασάνου , Luk_16:28 ; τ . καταπαύσεως , Act_7:49 ; κρανίου , Mat_27:33 Mar_15:22 , Joh_19:17 ; seq . οὗ , Rom_9:26 ; ὅπου , Mat_28:6 , Mar_16:6 , Joh_4:20 ; Joh_6:23 ; Joh_10:40 ; Joh_11:30 ; Joh_19:41 ; ἐν ᾧ , Joh_11:6 ; ἐφ᾿ ᾧ , Act_7:33 ; of a place which a person or thing occupies, Rev_2:5 ; Rev_6:14 ; Rev_12:8 ; τ . μαχαίρας , Mat_26:52 ; ὁ ἴδιος τ ., Act_1:25 ; of a place in a book, Luk_4:17 ( cf. Clem. Rom. 1Co_8:1-13 ; 1Co_4:1-21 ). Metaph ., of condition, station, occasion, opportunity or power: Act_25:16 , Rom_12:19 ; Rom_15:23 , Eph_4:27 ( cf. Sir_38:12 ). SYN.: χώρα G5561 (extensive), region; χωρίον G5564 (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 , s.v. ).

τόπος [page 638] (1) a place : P Cairo Zen II. 59193 .5 (B.C. 225) ἱππῶνα ( stable ) οὐ̣κ̣ ἔχει ὁ τόπος , P Oxy IV. 742 .5 (B.C. 2) θ [ὲ ]ς αὐτὰς εἰς τόπον ἀσφαλῶς , and BGU II. 595 .8 ( c . A.D. 70 80) εἵνα φιλάνθρωπον ( reward ) εἰς δύο τόπους μὴ χορηγῆι Θέω̣ν̣. With τόπος as a sitting-place in Luk_14:10 , Deissmann ( BS , p. 267) compares Perg 618, where τόπος means seat in a theatre (for further exx. see the editor s note). See also Magn . 237 where between the pillars of the temple of Artemis there have been scratched on the marble floor the words ὁ τόπος τρικλείνου ἱερῶν αὐλητρίδων καὶ ἀκροβατῶν (cited by Thieme p. 32, comparing 1Co_14:16 ), Τόπος is also frequent in Christian (and pagan) sepulchral inscrr. as in C. and b . ii. p. 554, No. 426 Τόπος Φιλοθέ [ου ], where Ramsay compares the corresponding use of the Lat. locus , or loculus . With Joh_11:48 cf. MGr use of τόπος = country, nation. (2) a district : P Hib I. 66 .2 (B.C. 228) ἐν̣ τοῖς κατὰ σὲ τόποις , in your district, P Tebt II. 281 .12 (B.C. 125) παρὰ τῶν κτωμένων οἰκίας ἢ τόπους , from acquirers of houses or spaces, P Oxy VIII. 1154 .9 (late i/A.D.) αὐτόπτης γὰρ εἰμὶ τῶν τόπων καὶ οὐκ εἰμὶ ξέν [ο ]ς τῶν ἐνθάδε , for I am personally acquainted with these places and am not a stranger here (Ed.), ib . II. 243 .18 (A.D. 79) ψιλῶν τόπων , open plots of land, P Fay 100 .10 (A.D. 99) οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆ [ς ] καὶ τόπων ( grounds ), ib . 30 .7 (notice of death A.D. 173) ἀναγρ (αφομένου ) ἐπ᾽ ἀμφόδου Λυσανίου Τόπων registered in the quarter of Lysanias District (Edd.) P Oxy VIII. ii. 8 (A.D. 203) ̣η [μισυ μέρος ] τόπ (ου ) περιτετιχισμ (ένου ), the half share of a walled space (Ed.), and P Lond 954 .10 (A.D. 260) (= III. p. 153) ψιλὸν τόπον , a vacant space. See also such prepositional phrases as BGU IV. 1141 .9 (B.C. 13) εἰς ἐνφα [ν ]ιστοῦ τόπον με ἔχειν , which is practically = εἰς ἐνφαντιστήν : similarly in Mat_21:46 εἰς προφήτην may be written εἰς προφήτου τόπον . P Par 47 .16 ( c . B.C. 153) (as read UPZ i. p. 332) γίνωσκε ὅτι πιράσεται ὁ δραπέ [δ ]ης μὴ ἀφῖναι ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων ἶναι ( an Ort und Stelle zu sein, Wilcken), P Tebt II. 289 .6 (A.D. 23) πότερον ἐπὶ τόπων σε ἐάσω πράττοντά τι , whether I shall leave you in employment where you are (Edd.), P Grenf II. 56 .17 (A.D. 162 3) money paid ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τόπων δημοσίαν τράπεζ (αν ), to the local public bank, and so P Tebt II. 294 .16 (A.D. 146), P Oxy VIII. 1120 .2 (early iii/A.D.) περὶ ἧς ( sc . ὕβρεως ) πέπονθεν ἐπὶ τόπων , concerning the outrage suffered at his abode (Ed.), ib . XIV. 1630 .5 (A.D. 222 (?)) ἐπικουρήσας τοῖς κατὰ τόπον γεωργοῖς τά τε σπέρματα [καὶ τὰς δαπάνας ?], providing the local cultivators with both seed and expenses (Edd.), ib . VII. 1068 .11 (iii/A.D.) ἐφ᾽ ᾧ μηδὶς ἐνοχλήσι αὐτῷ ( l . αὐτοῖς ?) κατὰ τόπον , to the intent that no one in the neighbourhood should trouble them (?) (Ed.), and ib . VIII. 1162 .2 (iv/A.D.) τοῖς κατὰ τόπον σ̣υ̣ν̣λ̣ι̣τουργοῖ [ς ] πρεσβυτ [έ ]ροις , to the presbyters who share the local service (Ed.). For 1Co_14:16 see G. H. Whitaker, JTS xxii. (1921), p. 268. (3) metaph. condition, as in Heb_12:17 : P Michigan Inv. No. 4528 .10 ( c . A.D. 200) ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς καλὸν τόπον ἦλθον , a soldier to his mother. We may also note BGU I. 27 .11 (ii/A.D.) ( Selections , p. 101) where a ship-master writing from Rome to his brother says, παρεδέξατο ἡμᾶς ὁ τόπος ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἤθελεν . Ghedini ( Letter , p. 51) commenting on the passage suggests that the letter may be Christian, and τόπος a term borrowed from pagan usage, denoting la schola collegi , il centro delle riunioni dei Christiani. See further ib . p. 127 f., Aegyptus ii. (1921), p. 337 f., ib . viii. (1927), p. 175 (with reference to P Oxy XII. 1492 .11 (iii/iv A.D.), and for a different view Wilcken Archiv i. p. 436, iv. p. 208 f., where τόπος is interpreted as collegium naviculariorum at Rome, and ὁ θεός as the god of the seamen s guild. According to Philo de Somn . i. 63 (ed. Wendland) ὁ θεὸς καλεῖται τόπος τῷ περιέχειν μὲν τὰ ὅλα .

τόπος τόπος, ὁ, "a place", Lat. locus, Aesch. , etc.; periphr., χθονὸς πᾶς τόπος, i. e. the whole earth, id=Aesch. ; Πέλοπος ἐν τόποις in Peloponnesus, id=Aesch. , etc.; ὁ τόπος τῆς χώρας the "local circumstances" of the district, Dem. "place, position", Aeschin. "a place or passage in" an author, NTest. , etc. "a topic", Aeschin. : "a common-place" in Rhetoric, Arist. metaph. "a place, occasion, opportunity", Thuc.

τόπος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מָקוֹם ;] place: Luk.4:37 10:1, 32 Jhn.5:13 6:10, Act.12:17, 1Co.1:2, al.; τ. ἅγιος (cf. Isa.60:13), Mat.24:15; ἔρημος, Mat.14:13, al.; πεδινός, Luk.6:17; ἄνυδρος (pl.), Mat.12:43, Luk.11:24; κατὰ τόπος (BV, in divers places), Mat.24:7, Mrk.13:8; τραχεῖς τ., Act.27:29; τ. διθάλασσος (which see), ib. 41; ἑτοιμάζειν τ., Jhn.14:2, 3; ἔχειν, Rev.12:6; διδόναι, Luk.14:9; with genitive defin., τ. βασάνου, Luk.16:28; τ. καταπαύσεως, Act.7:49; κρανίου, Mat.27:33, Mrk.15:22, Jhn.19:17; before οὗ, Rom.9:26; ὅπου, Mat.28:6, Mrk.16:6, Jhn.4:20 6:23 10:40 11:30 19:41; ἐν ᾧ, Jhn.11:6; ἐφ ̓ ᾧ, Act.7:33; of a place which a person or thing occupies, Rev.2:5 6:14 12:8; τ. μαχαίρας, Mat.26:52; ὁ ἴδιος τ., Act.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: Act.25:16, Rom.12:19 15:23, Eph.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). (AS)