(Eng., "topic," "topography," etc.,) is used of "a region" or "locality," frequently in the Gospels and Acts; in Luk 2:7, Luk 14:22, "room;" of a place which a person or thing occupies, a couch at table, e.g., Luk 1:14-10, RV, "place" (AV, "room"); of the destiny of Judas Iscariot, Act 1:25; of the condition of the "unlearned" or non-gifted in a church gathering, 1Co 14:16, RV, "place;" the sheath of a sword, Mat 26:52; a place in a book, Luk 4:17; see also Rev 2:5, Rev 6:14, Rev 12:8; metaphorically, of "condition, occasion, opportunity" Act 25:16, RV, "opportunity" (AV, "license"); Rom 12:19, Eph 4:27. See OPPORTUNITY, ROOM.
"a region" (a diminutive of chora, "a land, country"), is used of Gethsemane, Mat 26:36, Mar 14:32. See FIELD. "high place," 1Ti 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," Act 8:32, "(the) place." denotes "a place of audience" (akroaomai, "to listen"), Act 25:23, "place of hearing." see CHIEF, B, No. 7. Notes: (1) For ope, "a hole," Jam 3:11, AV, "place," see OPENING: see also CAVE. (2) For "place of toll," Mat 9:9, Mar 2:14, see CUSTOM TOM (TOLL), No. 2. (3) In Heb 4:5 "in this place" is, lit., "in this," i.e., "in this (passage)." (4) In Luk 6:17, RV, topos, with pedinos, "level," is translated "level place" (AV, "plain"). (5) For amphodon, rendered "a place where two ways met," Mar 11:4 (RV, "the open street"), see STREET. (6) For eremia, "a desert place," see DESERT, A. (7) In 1Co 11:20, 1Co 14:23, AV, the phrase epi to auto, lit., "to the same," is translated "into one place," RV, "together;" perhaps : "in assembly." (8) For "secret place," Luk 11:33, AV, see CELLAR. (9) For "place of prayer," Act 16:13, RV, see PRAYER. (10) For Phi 1:13 (AV, "in all other places"), RV, "to all the rest," see PALACE. (11) For "rocky places," Mar 4:16, see ROCKY. "to withdraw" (ana, "back," choreo, "to make room, retire"), is translated "give place" in Mat 9:24. See DEPART, No. 10. "to yield, give way," is rendered "gave place" in Gal 2:5. "to become, take place," is translated "(a death) having taken place" in Heb 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. Note: For choreo in Joh 8:37, AV, "hath ... place," see COURSE, B. "here, hither," is translated "to ('unto,' RV) this place" in Luk 23:5. See HERE. "everwhere," is translated "in all places" in Act 24:3. See EVERYWHERE, No. 2. Notes: (1) For "in divers places," Mat 24:7, etc., see DIVERS, B, Note. (2) In the following the RV gives the correct meaning: in Mar 6:10, ekeithen, "thence" (AV, "from that place"); in Heb 2:6, Heb 4:4, pou, "somewhere" (AV, "in a certain place"); in Mat 12:6, hode, "here" (AV, "in this place"); in Mar 6:10, hopou ean, "wheresoever" (AV, "in what place soever"). (3) The adjective entopios, "of that place," occurs in Act 21:12. (4) In Jam 2:3 kalos, "well" (AV, marg.), is rendered "in a good place." See DWELLING, HEAVENLY, HOLY, MARKET, SKULL, STEEP, YONDER.
