Topos (G5117) means a place, location, space, or position — but it also extends to the figurative sense of opportunity, occasion, or role. It gives English the word 'topography.' In Scripture it spans from literal geography to spiritual categories.
Jesus declares that where two or three gather in His name, He is there — the topos of His presence is the gathered community. In John 14:2–3 Jesus goes to prepare a topos — a dwelling place — for His disciples. Hebrews 12:17 uses it figuratively for Esau finding 'no place for repentance.' The concept of a prepared place for the people of God runs from the Promised Land through the temple to the New Jerusalem.