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Lexicon :: Strong's H1964 - hêḵāl

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הֵיכָל
Transliteration
hêḵāl
Pronunciation
hay-kawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from יָכֹל (H3201) (in the sense of capacity)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 493

Strong’s Definitions

הֵיכָל hêykâl, hay-kawl'; probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple:—palace, temple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H1964 in the following manner: temple (70x), palace (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H1964 in the following manner: temple (70x), palace (10x).

  1. palace, temple, nave, sanctuary

    1. palace

    2. temple (palace of God as king)

    3. hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple)

    4. temple (of heavenly temple)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵיכָל hêykâl, hay-kawl'; probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple:—palace, temple.
STRONGS H1964: Abbreviations
† הֵיכָל noun masculineNah 2:7 (on Isaiah 44:28 compare Che Di) palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew id. temple, Aramaic הֵיכָלָא, הֵיכְלָא, Lfkyfh, palace, temple, Palmyrene הכלא temple Vog16; compare Arabic هَيْكَلً (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä274), Ethiopic ሀይከል፡ temple; Assyrian ekallu, palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian e-gal, great house, compare SchrHI 148 COT 2 Kings 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׳ Amos 8:3 + 27 times (הַה׳ 1 Kings 6:17 +); construct הֵיכַל Micah 1:2 + 35 times; suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Psalm 48:10 + 2 times; הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28 + 7 times; plural הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14; construct הֵיכְלֵי Isaiah 13:22 + 2 times; 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 1 Kings 21:1, of king of Babylon 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 38:17; 2 Chronicles 36:7, compare Daniel 1:4, and plural הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג Isaiah 13:22 luxurious palaces; at Nineveh נָמוֺג וְהַה׳ Nahum 2:7; not clearly defined are הֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ Psalm 45:16 and הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן Psalm 45:9; הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14 (in Northern Israel); see also וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירוֺת הֵיכָל בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא Amos 8:3 and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day; compare also (probably) of Phoenician palaces Joel 4:5; quite general הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ, Proverbs 30:28, & תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל Psalm 144:12 (simile of well-proportioned daughters); — usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ, see בית.
2. of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of י׳, temple (compare הַה׳ Isaiah 6:1 e. below where prophet sees אדני ישֵׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא):
a. of early, pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh הֵיכַל י׳ 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3 (= בֵּית י׳ 1 Samuel 1:7; 1 Samuel 3:15; מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל פֶּתַח 1 Samuel 2:22 omitted by Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Dr) with doors (דלתות, 1 Samuel 3:15) & a doorpost (מזוזה 1 Samuel 1:9) (compare 2 Samuel 22:7 = Psalm 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 בֵּית י׳ or הַבַּיִת, 1 Kings 6:1, 2+ often) 1 Kings 6:17 (compare 1 Kings 6:19; 1 Kings 6:20 & 1 Kings 6:2) also 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:33; 1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; further 2 Chronicles 4:7, 8; Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse) עַל־פְּנֵי הָאוּלָם הַבַּיִת הֵיכַל 1 Kings 6:3; אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל 1 Kings 7:21 || עַל־פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל 2 Chronicles 3:17; הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 18:16; also in wide sense (apparently = בֵּית י׳), הֵיכַל י׳ 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 24:13 (|| בֵּית י׳), Jeremiah 7:4 (3 times in verse) (|| בֵּית י׳ Jeremiah 7:2), Jeremiah 24:1 see also נִקְמַת הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 51:11 (both || נִקְמַת י׳); 2 Chronicles 26:16; 27:2, compare 2 Chronicles 29:16 (|| י׳ בֵית פְּנִ֫ימָה; opposed to י׳ חֲצַר ב׳), in all three הֵיכַל י׳.
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) Ezekiel 41:1, 4, 15, 21, 23, 25 (compare Ezekiel 41:20) Ezekiel 42:8.
d. general designation of 2nd temple, הַהֵיכָל Zechariah 8:9 (|| צְבָאוֺת בֵּית י׳); oftener הֵיכַל י׳ Haggai 2:15, 18; Zechariah 6:12, 13, 14, 15; Ezra 3:6, 10, הֵיכָלוֺ Malachi 3:1; Psalm 27:4; בּוֺנִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 4:1; (הַ)הֵיכָל Nehemiah 6:10 (twice in verse) (|| בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים), Nehemiah 6:11; Isaiah 44:28, compare also Isaiah 66:6. — הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from בֵּית י׳ (as below b) Psalm 5:8 (הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ; see בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 5:7); perhaps also Psalm 68:30 (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident Psalm 79:1; Psalm 138:2; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:8 (all הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ); compare קְדשׁ הֵיכָל֑ךָ Psalm 65:5 (|| בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly Psalm 48:10.
e. of the heavenly temple where י׳ sits enthroned Isaiah 6:1; his abode in the heavens 2 Samuel 22:7 = Psalm 18:7; Psalm 11:4 (|| שָׁמַיִם; compare זְבֻל קָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 63:15, || id.), Isaiah 29:9; אֲדֹנָי מֵהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ Micah 1:2, compare Habakkuk 2:20 ויהוה בְּהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1965.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:7; 1:9; 1:9; 2:22; 3:3; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

22:7; 22:7

1 Kings

6:1; 6:2; 6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:17; 6:17; 6:19; 6:20; 6:33; 7:21; 7:50; 21:1

2 Kings

18:16; 20:18; 20:18; 23:4; 24:13

2 Chronicles

3:17; 4:7; 4:8; 4:22; 26:16; 27:2; 29:16; 36:7

Ezra

3:6; 3:10; 4:1

Nehemiah

6:10; 6:11

Psalms

5:7; 5:8; 11:4; 18:7; 18:7; 27:4; 45:9; 45:16; 48:10; 48:10; 65:5; 68:30; 79:1; 138:2; 144:12

Proverbs

30:28

Isaiah

6:1; 6:1; 13:22; 13:22; 29:9; 38:17; 44:28; 44:28; 63:15; 66:6

Jeremiah

7:2; 7:4; 24:1; 50:28; 50:28; 51:11

Ezekiel

8:16; 41:1; 41:4; 41:15; 41:20; 41:21; 41:23; 41:25; 42:8

Daniel

1:4

Hosea

8:14; 8:14

Amos

8:3; 8:3

Jonah

2:5; 2:8

Micah

1:2; 1:2

Nahum

2:7; 2:7

Habakkuk

2:20

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

Zechariah

6:12; 6:13; 6:14; 6:15; 8:9

Malachi

3:1

H1964

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Strong's Number H1964 matches the Hebrew הֵיכָל (hêḵāl),
which occurs 80 times in 76 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 8:16–Mal 3:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple H1964 of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple H1964 of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were [fn]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Then he brought me to the [fn]nave H1964 and measured the side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the [fn]side pillar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave; H1964 and he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave H1964 and the porches of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20 - From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were [fn]carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. H1964

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:21 - The doorposts of the nave H1964 were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - The nave H1964 and the sanctuary each had a double door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Also there were [fn]carved on them, on the doors of the nave, H1964 cherubim and palm trees like those [fn]carved on the walls; and there was a [fn]threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple H1964 was a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for [fn]serving in the king’s [fn]court; H1964 and he ordered him to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; H1964
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:5 - “Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious [fn]treasures to your temples, H1964

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - “[fn]The songs of the palace H1964 will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord GOD. “Many will be the corpses; in every place [fn]they will cast them forth [fn]in silence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from [fn]Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ H1964

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:7 - “While [fn]I was fainting away,
I remembered the LORD,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 - Hear, O peoples, all of [fn]you;
Listen, O earth and [fn]all it contains,
And let the Lord [fn]GOD be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 - The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace H1964 is dissolved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:20 - “But the LORD is in His holy temple. H1964
[fn]Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - ‘But now, do [fn]consider from this day [fn]onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple H1964 of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - ‘Do [fn]consider from this day [fn]onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple H1964 of the LORD was founded, [fn]consider:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - “Then say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is [fn]Branch, for He will [fn]branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple H1964 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - “Yes, it is He who will build the temple H1964 of the LORD, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two [fn]offices.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - “Now the crown will become a reminder in the temple H1964 of the LORD to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah and [fn]Hen the son of Zephaniah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15 - “Those who are far off will come and [fn]build the temple H1964 of the LORD.” Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely obey the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple H1964 might be built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Behold, I am going to send My [fn]messenger, and he will [fn]clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; H1964 [fn]and the [fn]messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.

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