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Lexicon :: Strong's H3957 - liškâ

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לִשְׁכָּה
Transliteration
liškâ
Pronunciation
lish-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain meaning
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TWOT Reference: 1129a

Strong’s Definitions

לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh, lish-kaw'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging):—chamber, parlour. Compare H5393.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H3957 in the following manner: chamber (46x), parlour (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H3957 in the following manner: chamber (46x), parlour (1x).

  1. room, chamber, hall, cell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh, lish-kaw'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging):—chamber, parlour. Compare H5393.
STRONGS H3957: Abbreviations
† לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. Targum לִשְׁכְּתָא; compare also נִשְׁכָּה; on the lishka see NowArchaeology ii. 37, 52, 79; BoGeogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.) compare Greek λέσχη, compare RsSemitic i. 236 (2nd ed. 254) and elsewhere); — ל׳ Ezekiel 40:38 +; construct לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11 +; with ה locative לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה 1 Samuel 9:22; plural לְשָׁכוֺת Ezekiel 40:17 +; construct לִשְׁכוֺת Nehemiah 10:38 +; —
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a. of room connected with a sanctuary (בָּמָה), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1 Samuel 9:22, insert also probably 1 Samuel 1:18 (Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Bu).
b. connected with Solomon's temple, where wine offered to Rechabites Jeremiah 35:2, 4; compare Jeremiah 35:4; Jeremiah 35:4 one where prophecy read Jeremiah 36:10 (both these apparently open, compare GieJeremiah 35:2); compare בַּפַּרְוָרִים ֗֗֗ הַסָּרִיס נְתַןמֶֿלֶך לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11; used of Levites' cells 1 Chronicles 9:33; = store-rooms 1 Chronicles 9:26 (|| אֹצָרוֺת), 1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 31:11.
c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezekiel 40:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:38, 44, 45, 46 + Ezekiel 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), Ezekiel 42:1, 4, 7, 8, 11 + Ezekiel 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת הַלְּ׳ Ezekiel 42:5 (see Ezekiel 42:3), (Ezekiel 45:5 read עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת Greek Version of the LXX Sm Co SgfrKauAT Bthl); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ל׳ for sacred uses Ezekiel 42:13 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:19.
d. in second temple, as store-rooms Ezra 8:29; Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:39 (|| בֵּית הָאוֺצָר), Nehemiah 10:40; used by individuals Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 13:5 (גְּדוֺלָה ל׳), Nehemiah 13:8, in general Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:9.
2. of scribe's room in royal palace Jeremiah 36:12, 20, 21.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:18; 9:22; 9:22

2 Kings

23:11; 23:11

1 Chronicles

9:26; 9:33; 23:28; 28:12

2 Chronicles

31:11

Ezra

8:29; 10:6

Nehemiah

10:38; 10:38; 10:39; 13:4; 13:5; 13:8; 13:9

Jeremiah

35:2; 35:2; 35:4; 35:4; 35:4; 36:10; 36:12; 36:20; 36:21

Ezekiel

40:17; 40:17; 40:38; 40:38; 40:44; 40:45; 40:46; 41:10; 42:1; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:7; 42:8; 42:11; 42:12; 42:13; 44:19; 45:5; 46:19

H3957

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Strong's Number H3957 matches the Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (liškâ),
which occurs 47 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the chamber, and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited; and they were about thirty persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these were the singers, chief fathers of the Levites, who were in the chambers free from service; for they were employed day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and for the work of the service of the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:12 - and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of Jehovah, and of all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 - And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Watch and keep them until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:2 - Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - and he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - And the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 - And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38 - And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - And outside the inner gate were two cells in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate, and its front towards the south; the other was at the side of the south gate, the front towards the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those who, from among the sons of Levi, approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - And between the cells and the house was a width of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building, toward the north,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, and a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - And the wall that was without, answering to the cells, toward the outer court in the front of the cells, its length was fifty cubits:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - And under these cells was the entry from the east, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - and a passage before them, like the appearance of the cells that were toward the north, according to their length, according to their breadth and all their goings out, and according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - And according to the doors of the cells that were toward the south there was a door at the head of the way, the way directly before the corresponding wall toward the east as one entereth into them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - And he said unto me, The north cells and the south cells, which are before the separate place, they are holy cells, where the priests that come near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, both the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering: for the place is holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy cells; and they shall put on other garments, that they may not hallow the people with their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - And a space of five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall the Levites, who do the service of the house, have for themselves, for a possession, for their habitations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - Then he brought me through the passage which was at the side of the gate, into the holy cells which were for the priests, which looked toward the north; and behold, a place was there at the end westward.
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