Place

(Eng., "topic," "topography," etc.,) is used of "a region" or "locality," frequently in the Gospels and Acts; in Luke 2:7; 14:22 , "room;" of a place which a person or thing occupies, a couch at table, e.g., Luke 14:9,10 , RV, "place" (AV, "room"); of the destiny of Judas Iscariot, Acts 1:25; of the condition of the "unlearned" or non-gifted in a church gathering, 1—Corinthians 14:16 , RV, "place;" the sheath of a sword, Matthew 26:52; a place in a book, Luke 4:17; see also Revelation 2:5; 6:14; 12:8; metaphorically, of "condition, occasion, opportunity" Acts 25:16 , RV , "opportunity" (AV, "license"); Romans 12:19; Ephesians 4:27 . See OPPORTUNITY , ROOM.

"a region" (a diminutive of chora, "a land, country"), is used of Gethsemane, Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32 . See FIELD.

"high place," 1—Timothy 2:2 : see AUTHORITY , No. 3.

primarily "a circumference, compass" (peri, "around," echo, "to have"), hence denotes "a portion circumscribed," that which is contained, and in reference to a writing or book, "a portion or passage of its contents," Acts 8:32 , "(the) place."

denotes "a place of audience" (akroaomai, "to listen"), Acts 25:23 , "place of hearing."

see CHIEF , B, No. 7.

"to withdraw" (ana, "back," choreo, "to make room, retire"), is translated "give place" in Matthew 9:24 . See DEPART , No. 10.

"to yield, give way," is rendered "gave place" in Galatians 2:5 .

"to become, take place," is translated "(a death) having taken place" in Hebrews 9:15 , RV, AV, "by means of (death)," referring, not to the circumstances of a testamentary disposition, but to the sacrifice of Christ as the basis of the New Covenant.

"here, hither," is translated "to ('unto,' RV) this place" in Luke 23:5 . See HERE.

"everwhere," is translated "in all places" in Acts 24:3 . See EVERYWHERE , No. 2.