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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 BoxEze 8:16 - Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the LORD’S H3068 house. H1004 And behold, H2009 at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar, H4196 were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east; H6924 and they were [fn]prostrating H7812 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Then he brought H935 me to the [fn]nave H1964 and measured H4058 the side H352 pillars; H352 six H8337 cubits H520 wide H7341 on each H6311 side H6311 was the width H7341 of the [fn]side H168 pillar. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - He measured H4058 its length, H753 twenty H6242 cubits, H520 and the width, H7341 twenty H6242 cubits, H520 before H413 H6440 the nave; H1964 and he said H559 to me, “This H2088 is the most H6944 holy H6944 place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured H4058 the length H753 of the building H1146 [fn]along H413 the front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 behind H5921 H310 it, with a [fn]gallery H862 on each H6311 side, H6311 a hundred H3967 cubits; H520 he also measured the inner H6442 nave H1964 and the porches H197 of the court. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20 - From the ground H776 to above H4480 H5921 the entrance H6607 cherubim H3742 and palm H8561 trees H8561 were [fn]carved, H6213 as well as on the wall H7023 of the nave. H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:21 - The doorposts H4201 of the nave H1964 were square; H7251 as for the front H6440 of the sanctuary, H6944 the appearance H4758 of one doorpost H4201 was like that of the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - The nave H1964 and the sanctuary H6944 each had a double H8147 door. H1817

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Also there were [fn]carved H6213 on them, on the doors H1817 of the nave, H1964 cherubim H3742 and palm H8561 trees H8561 like those [fn]carved H6213 on the walls; H7023 and there was a [fn]threshold H5646 of wood H6086 on the front H6440 of the porch H197 outside. H4480 H2351

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length H753 of the chambers H3957 which H834 were in the outer H2435 court H2691 was fifty H2572 cubits; H520 and behold, H2009 the length of those facing H6440 the temple H1964 was a hundred H3967 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths H3206 in whom H834 was no H369 H3605 defect, H3971 who were good-looking, H2896 H4758 showing H7919 intelligence H7919 in every H3605 branch of wisdom, H2451 endowed H3045 with understanding H995 and discerning H995 knowledge, H4093 and who H834 had ability H3581 for [fn]serving H5975 in the king’s H4428 [fn]court; H1964 and he ordered him to teach H3925 them the [fn]literature H5612 and language H3956 of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel H3478 has forgotten H7911 his Maker H6213 and built H1129 palaces; H1964
And Judah H3063 has multiplied H7235 fortified H1219 cities, H5892
But I will send H7971 a fire H784 on its cities H5892 that it may consume H398 its palatial H759 dwellings. H759

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:5 - “Since H834 you have taken H3947 My silver H3701 and My gold, H2091 brought H935 My precious H4261 [fn]treasures H4261 to your temples, H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - “[fn]The songs H7892 of the palace H1964 will turn H3213 to wailing H3213 in that day,” H3117 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068 “Many H7227 will be the corpses; H6297 in every H3605 place H4725 [fn]they will cast H7993 them forth [fn]in silence.” H2013

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - “So I said, H559 ‘I have been expelled H1644 from [fn]Your sight. H5869
Nevertheless H389 I will look H5027 again H3254 toward H413 Your holy H6944 temple.’ H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:7 - “While [fn]I was fainting H5848 away, H5848
I remembered H2142 the LORD, H3068
And my prayer H8605 came H935 to You,
Into Your holy H6944 temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 - Hear, H8085 O peoples, H5971 all H3605 of [fn]you;
Listen, H7181 O earth H776 and [fn]all H4393 it contains, H4393
And let the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 be a witness H5707 against you,
The Lord H136 from His holy H6944 temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 - The gates H8179 of the rivers H5104 are opened H6605
And the palace H1964 is dissolved. H4127

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:20 - “But the LORD H3068 is in His holy H6944 temple. H1964
[fn]Let all H3605 the earth H776 be silent H2013 before H4480 H6440 Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - ‘But now, H6258 do [fn]consider H7760 H3824 from this H2088 day H3117 [fn]onward: H4605 before H4480 H2962 one stone H68 was placed H7760 on another H68 in the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - ‘Do [fn]consider H7760 H3824 from this H2088 day H3117 [fn]onward, H4605 from the twenty-fourth H6242 H702 day H3117 of the ninth H8671 month; from the day H3117 when H834 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 was founded, H3245 [fn]consider: H7760 H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:12 - “Then say H559 to him, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “Behold, H2009 a man H376 whose name H8034 is [fn]Branch, H6780 for He will [fn]branch H6779 out from where H8478 He is; and He will build H1129 the temple H1964 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - “Yes, it is He who will build H1129 the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 and He who will bear H5375 the honor H1935 and sit H3427 and rule H4910 on His throne. H3678 Thus, He will be a priest H3548 on His throne, H3678 and the counsel H6098 of peace H7965 will be between H996 the two H8147 [fn]offices.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - “Now the crown H5850 will become H1961 a reminder H2146 in the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 to Helem, H2494 Tobijah, H2900 Jedaiah H3048 and [fn]Hen H2581 the son H1121 of Zephaniah. H6846

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15 - “Those who H7350 are far H7350 off will come H935 and [fn]build H1129 the temple H1964 of the LORD.” H3068 Then you will know H3045 that the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 has sent H7971 me to you. And it will take H1961 place H1961 if H518 you completely H8085 obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘Let your hands H3027 be strong, H2388 you who are listening H8085 in these H428 days H3117 to these H428 words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of the prophets, H5030 those who H834 spoke in the day H3117 that the foundation H3245 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 was laid, H3245 to the end that the temple H1964 might be built. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Behold, H2009 I am going to send H7971 My [fn]messenger, H4397 and he will [fn]clear H6437 the way H1870 before H6440 Me. And the Lord, H113 whom H834 you seek, H1245 will suddenly H6597 come H935 to His temple; H1964 [fn]and the [fn]messenger H4397 of the covenant, H1285 in whom H834 you delight, H2655 behold, H2009 He is coming,” H935 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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