Lexical Definition

‎מִקְדָּשׁ‎ miqdâsh (mik-dawsh') sanctuary ^H:N-M
or מִקְּדָשׁ miqqᵉdâsh (mik-ked-awsh'); (Exodus 15:17), from ‎קָדַשׁ‎

chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.

• a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum

1) sacred place, sanctuary, holy place
1a) sanctuary
1a1) of the temple
1a2) of the tabernacle
1a3) of Ezekiel's temple
1a4) of Jehovah

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἁγιασμός · ἅγιον · ἀφορίζω · ἱερός · ὅσιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִקְדָּשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Amos 7:9} sacred place, sanctuary; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 25:8 +; ‎מִקְּדָשׁ‎ Exod 15:17 (Ges^{«GKC:20h»§ 20h} Kö^{ii. 1, 471}); construct ‎מִקְדַּשׁ‎ Lev 16:33 +; suffix ‎מִקְדָּשִׁי‎ Lev 20:3 +, etc., ‎מִקְדְּשׁוֺ‎ Num 18:29 (Kö^{ii. 1, 97}); plural ‎מִקְדָּשִׁים‎ Ezek 21:7*, construct ‎מִקְדְּשֵׁי‎ Jer 51:51 + 2 t.; suffix ‎מִקְדָּשַׁי‎ Lev 21:23 ‎מְקַדְשֵׁיהֶם‎ Ezek 7:24 (on anomalous pointing see Ew^{§ 215 a} Hi-Sm; but probably Pi`el Participle was in mind, Ges^{«GKC:93oo»§ 93oo} Anm.; < read ‎מִקְדְּשֵׁיהֶם‎); etc.; —

1. old Israel sanctuaries: of ‎׳‎‎י‎ at Shechem Josh 24:26 (E); probably also Exod 15:17 (i.e. Shiloh); plural of sanct. to be destroyed by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Lev 26:31 (H); ‎׳‎‎מִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשׂ‎ in Northern Israel Amos 7:9 ‎מִקְדַּשׁמֶֿלֶךְ‎ vAmos 7:13 (Bethel).

2. of the nations: Moab Isa 16:12 plural of Tyre Ezek 28:18 (Co Toy [not Berthol Krae] read ‎קָדְשְׁךָ‎ thy sanctity).

3. tabernacle and its precincts Exod 25:8 (P) +; ‎מִקְדַּשׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ Lev 16:33, plural Lev 21:23.

4. temple and precincts 1Chr 22:19; Isa 63:18; Ps 74:7 +; ‎בֵּית מִקְדָּשָׁם‎ 2Chr 36:17, ‎מקדשׁ הבית‎ Ezek 48:21, ‎׳‎‎מְכוֺן מ‎ Dan 8:11 plural of many sacred places in and about the temple. ‎׳‎‎מִקְדְּשֵׁי בית י‎ Jer 51:51 ‎מִקְדְּשֵׁי אֵל‎ Ps 73:17. Doubtful are: ‎מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ‎ Ps 68:36* (ᵐ5 ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ ᵑ9 de sanctuario; SS ‎מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ‎); ‎מִקְדָּשִׁים‎ Ezek 21:7* (ᵐ5 Co Berthol Buhl ‎מִקְדָּשָׁם‎; Toy Krae ‎מִקְדָּשֶׁיהָ‎; || ‎יְרוּשָׁלַםִ‎); ‎וּמִקְדָּשׁ לַמִּקְדָּשׁ‎ Ezek 45:4b (Co, after ᵐ5, ‎מִפְקָד לְקָדְשָׁם‎ [‎לְבָֽתֵּי‎]; Toy ‎וּלְמִגְרָשִׁים‎ [‎לְבָֽתִּים‎], compare Krae ‎לְמִגְרָשׁ‎).

5. ‎׳‎‎י‎ will become ‎׳‎‎לְמ‎ for his people Ezek 11:16 (Br^{MP 268}), so apparently Isa 8:14 (but gloss Du Che^Hpt Marti; Lag^{Semitic i. 16} ‎מִקָּשׁ‎ i.e. stumbling-block [he compare Syriac strike]).

6. of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s future sanct., ‎בתוכם לעולם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 37:26; Ezek 37:28. — (‎מִמֶּנּוּ‎) ‎אֶתקּמִקְדְּשׁוֺ‎ (‎מִכָּלחֶֿלְבּוֺ‎) Num 18:29 even the hallowed part there of AV RV, but this not the meaning of ‎׳‎‎מ‎; Ew^{§ 255 c assumes} ‎מַ֗֗֗קְדֵּשׁ‎ in this sense; < read ‎קָדְשׁוֺ‎ (see ‎קֹדֶשׁ‎ 3 d), ‎מִ‎ being dittograph

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