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HebrewH1964Noun (Masculine)

הֵיכָל

he.khal

65Occurrences
H1964Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

probably from H3201 (יָכֹל) (in the sense of capacity);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
temple 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary 1a) palace 1b) temple (palace of God as king) 1c) hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple) 1d) temple (of heavenly temple)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

הֵיכָל appears 65 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
9
2 Chronicles
8
1 Kings
7
Psalms
6
Isaiah
5
Zechariah
5
2 Kings
4
Jeremiah
4

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:1BSB

Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 Chronicles 36:7BSB

Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

Ezk 41:15BSB

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Hosea 8:14BSB

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;Judah has multiplied its fortified cities.But I will send fire upon their cities,and it will consume their citadels.

Nehemiah 6:11BSB

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.