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הֵיכָל

hêykâl · H1964 · Hebrew · 80 occurrences

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A word for 4 things

Meanings

  1. palace or temple

    A building or set of buildings distinguished from other constructions or houses by its magnificence and its function, which is either religious or political

    Examples

    2 Samuel 22:7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I called out to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.

    1 Kings 21:1 Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.

    2 Kings 18:16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the doorposts, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

  2. temple building, temple hall

    A reference to the main building of a temple, to be distinguished from the surrounding court and other constructions around it

    Examples

    1 Samuel 1:9 Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

    1 Samuel 3:3 and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was,

    1 Kings 6:3 The porch in front of the main room of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width along the front of the house was ten cubits.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

51 occurrences in 10 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 4 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

8 occurrences in 6 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

42 occurrences in 5 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

20 occurrences in 12 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
ναός naós · G3485 · temple, sanctuary, replica temple
Greek ναός renders Hebrew הֵיכָל specifically in its temple/shrine sense (the inner sanctuary or dwelling place of deity), corresponding to the sacred-structure component of הֵיכָל's semantic range, while the palace/royal-residence sense typically maps to other Greek terms (e.g., βασίλειον).
Semantic domains 1 entry
Buildings001003002001
הֵיכָל names a palace or temple, a grand constructed building, used of both royal residences and the LORD's temple in Jerusalem.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

הֵיכָלhêykâl · H1964הֵיכַל hêykal · H1965 · palace, temple · 13×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1964. hekal הֵיכָל noun masculineNah 2:7 (on Isa 44:28 compare Che Di) palace, temple…
H1964. hekal
הֵיכָל noun masculineNah 2:7 (on Isa 44:28 compare Che Di) palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew id. temple, Aramaic הֵיכְלָא הֵיכָלָא,, , palace, temple, Palmyrene הכלא temple Vog16; compare Arabic (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä274), Ethiopic temple; Assyrian ekallu, palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian e-gal, great house, compare SchrHI 148 COT 2Ki 20:18 HptE-vowel 11 f. LehmannŠamaššumukîn 126, and on usage Dl338; > from יכל (וכל) = כול contain Ew§ 162 b Thes Add84; compare Ol§ 191 b HoffmAGG xxxvi. Mai 1889:25 Dlw; from an original יכל LagBN 121, but compare HomZMG 1890.547) absolute ׳ה Amo 8:3 27t. (׳הַה 1Ki 6:17 +); construct הֵיכַל Mic 1:2 35t.; suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Psa 48:10 Psa 48:2t.; הֵיכָלוֺ Jer 50:28 Jer 50:7t.; plural הֵיכָלוֺת Hos 8:14; construct הֵיכְלֵי Isa 13:22 Isa 13:2t.; suffix הֵיכְלֵיכֶם Joel 4:5; — never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Ki Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms; —
1 rather seld. (royal) palace (so almost always in Assyrian); of Ahab 1Ki 21:1, of king of Babylon 2Ki 20:18 = Isa 38:17; 2Ch 36:7, compare Dan 1:4, and plural עֹנֶג הֵיכְלֵי Isa 13:22 luxurious palaces; at Nineveh ׳וְהַה נָמוֺג Nah 2:7; not clearly defined are מֶלֶךְ הֵיכַל Psa 45:16 and שֵׁן הֵיכְלֵי Psa 45:9; הֵיכָלוֺת Hos 8:14 (in Northern Israel); see also הַהוּא בַּיּוֺם הֵיכָל שִׁירוֺת וְהֵילִילוּ Amo 8:3 and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day; compare also (probably) of Phoenician palaces Joel 4:5; quite General מֶלֶךְ הֵיכְלֵי, Pro 30:28, & הֵיכָל תַּבְנִית Psa 144:12 (simile of well-proportioned daughters); — usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית, see בית.
2 of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of ׳י, temple (compare ׳הַה Isa 6:1 e. below where prophet sees עַלכִּֿסֵּא ישֵׁב אדני):
a. of early, pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh י ׳הֵיכַל 1Sa 1:9; 1Sa 3:3 (= י ׳בֵּית 1Sa 1:7; 1Sa 3:15; מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל מֶּתַח 1Sa 2:22 omitted by ᵐ5 We Klo Dr) with doors (דלתות, 1Sa 3:15) & a doorpost (מזוזה 1Sa 1:9) (compare 2Sa 22:7 = Psa 18:7 e below).
b. of Solomon's temple: specifically the hall or nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the דְּבִּיר the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more General term י ׳בֵּית or הַבַּיִת, 1Ki 6:1-2,+ often) 1Ki 6:17 (compare 1Ki 6:19; 1Ki 6:20 & 1Ki 6:2) also 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:33; 1Ki 7:50 2Ch 4:22; further 2Ch 4:7-8, Eze 8:16 (twice in verse) הַבַּיִת הֵיכַל עַלמְּֿנֵי הָאוּלָם 1Ki 6:3; הַהֵיכָל אֻלָם 1Ki 7:21 || הַהֵיכָל עַלמְּֿנֵי2Ch 3:17; י ׳הֵיכַל 2Ki 18:16; also in wide sense (apparently = י ׳בֵּית), י ׳הֵיכַל 2Ki 23:4; 2Ki 24:13 (|| י ׳בֵּית), Jer 7:4 (3 t. in verse) (|| י ׳בֵּית Jer 7:2), Jer 24:1 see also הֵיכָלוֺ נִקְמַת Jer 50:28; Jer 51:11 (both || י ׳נִקְמַת); 2Ch 26:16; 2Ch 27:2, compare 2Ch 29:16 (|| י בֵית ׳מְּנִ֫ימָה; opposed to ב ׳חֲצַר ׳י), in all three י ׳הֵיכַל.
c. hall or nave of Ezekiel's temple, the holy place (see above) (included in הַבַּיִת, the General term embracing the whole group of buildings) Eze 41:1, Eze 41:4, Eze 41:15, Eze 41:21, Eze 41:23, Eze 41:25 (compare Eze 41:20) Eze 42:8.
d. general designation of 2 nd temple, הַהֵיכָל Zec 8:9 (|| י ׳בֵּית צְבָאוֺת); oftener י ׳הֵיכַל Hag 2:15, Hag 2:18; Zec 6:12-13, Zec 6:14, Zec 6:15; Ezr 3:6, Ezr 3:10, הֵיכָלוֺ Mal 3:1; Psa 27:4; יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהֵי ליהוה הֵיכָל בּוֺנִים Ezr 4:1; (הַ)הֵיכָל Neh 6:10 (twice in verse) (|| הָאֱלֹהִים בֵּית), Neh 6:11; Isa 44:28, compare also Isa 66:6. — הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from י ׳בֵּית (as below b) Psa 5:8 (קָדְשְׁךָ הֵיכַל; see בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ Psa 5:7); perhaps also Psa 68:30 (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident Psa 79:1; Psa 138:2; Jon 2:5; Jon 2:8 (all קָדְשְׁךָ הֵיכַל); compare הֵיכָל֑ךָ קְדשׁ Psa 65:5 (|| בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly Psa 48:10.
e. of the heavenly temple where ׳י sits enthroned Isa 6:1; his abode in the heavens 2Sa 22:7 = Psa 18:7; Psa 11:4 (|| שָׁמַיִם; compare קָדְשׁוֺ זְבֻל Isa 63:15, || id.), Isa 29:9; קָדְשׁוֺ מֵהֵיכַל אֲדֹנָי Mic 1:2, compare Hab 2:20 קָדְשׁוֺ בְּהֵיכַל ויהוה.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Buildings79 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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