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Lexicon :: Strong's H197 - 'ûlām

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אוּלָם
Transliteration
'ûlām
Pronunciation
oo-lawm'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָלַם (H481) (in the sense of tying)
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TWOT Reference: 45c

Strong’s Definitions

אוּלָם ʼûwlâm, oo-lawm'; or (shortened), אֻלָם ʼulâm ; from H481 (in the sense of tying); a vestibule (as bound to the building):—porch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H197 in the following manner: porch(es) (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H197 in the following manner: porch(es) (34x).

  1. porch

    1. in Solomon's temple

    2. in Solomon's palace

    3. in temple of Ezekiel's vision

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּלָם ʼûwlâm, oo-lawm'; or (shortened), אֻלָם ʼulâm ; from H481 (in the sense of tying); a vestibule (as bound to the building):—porch.
STRONGS H197: Abbreviations
† I. אוּלָם noun masculine 1 Kings 7:8 porch (compare אֵילָם) — א׳ absolute 1 Kings 6:3 +; אֻלָם Ezekiel 40:48, 49; construct אוּלָם 1 Kings 7:6 +; אֻלָם Ezekiel 40:7 + (margin אֻלָּם 1 Kings 7:7, 12, 21); plural construct אֻלַמֵּי Ezekiel 41:15 (Co singular with suffix; in Ezekiel Co reads everywhere אילם see אֵילָם below) — porch (only Kings Chronicles Ezekiel & Joel).
1. in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:19; 2 Chronicles 29:7, יהוה א׳ 2 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Chronicles 8:12 (altar in front of); יהוה א׳ 2 Chronicles 15:8 (id.), compare בֵּין הָאוּלָם וּבֵין הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Ezekiel 8:16 & Joel 2:17; הַהֵיכָל א׳ 1 Kings 7:21; הַבַּיִת א׳ 1 Kings 7:12; תַּבְנִית הָא׳ 1 Chronicles 28:11.
2. in Solomon's palace 1 Kings 7:8 (twice in verse); הָעַמּוּדִים א׳ 1 Kings 7:6 compare 1 Kings 7:6; הַכִּסֵּא א׳ 1 Kings 7:7 = הַמִּשְׁפָּט א׳ 1 Kings 7:7.
3. in temple of Ezekiel's vision, particularly הַשַּׁעַר א׳ Ezekiel 40:7, 8 (strike out Co see Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate):9.9.15.39.40; Ezekiel 44:3; Ezekiel 46:2, 8; הַבַּיִת א׳ Ezekiel 40:48 compare Ezekiel 40:48; Ezekiel 40:49; Ezekiel 41:25, 26; אֻלַמֵּי הֶחָצֵר Ezekiel 41:25 Co singular ואילמו החיצון see אֵילָם. — (H199 III. אוּלָם, adverb.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

6:3; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 7:7; 7:7; 7:8; 7:8; 7:12; 7:12; 7:19; 7:21; 7:21

1 Chronicles

28:11

2 Chronicles

8:12; 15:8; 29:7; 29:17

Ezekiel

8:16; 40:7; 40:7; 40:8; 40:48; 40:48; 40:48; 40:49; 40:49; 41:15; 41:25; 41:25; 41:26; 44:3; 46:2; 46:8

Joel

2:17

H197

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H197 matches the Hebrew אוּלָם ('ûlām),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The porch in front of the main room of the house (temple) was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 -

He also made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits (75 ft.) and its width thirty cubits (45 ft.). There was a porch in front, and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 -

He made the hall for the throne where he was to judge, the Hall of Judgment; it was paneled with cedar from [one] floor to [another] floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 -

His house where he was to live, the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - So the great courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams like the inner courtyard of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - The capitals which were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work (design), four cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - Hiram set up the pillars at the porch of the temple; he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin (may he establish), and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz (in it is strength).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 -

Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan for the porch of the temple, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner rooms, and for the place for the [ark and its] mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The porch in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it inside with pure gold.

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Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the porch [of the temple],

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And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the repulsive idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he restored the altar [of burnt offering] of the LORD which was in front of the porch [of the temple] of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also closed the doors of the [temple] porch and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - Now they began the consecration on the first [day] of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the LORD. Then for eight days they [fn]consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 -

So He brought me to the inner court of the LORD’S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the porch (vestibule, portico) and the [bronze] altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing down toward the east and worshiping the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide, and [the space] between the guardrooms was five cubits. And the threshold of the gate by the porch (portico) of the gate facing inward was one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He also measured the porch of the gate facing inward [toward the temple of the LORD], one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its side pillars, two cubits. The porch of the gate faced inward [toward the temple of the LORD].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - From the front of the entrance gate [on the outside] to the front of the inner porch (portico) of the gate [the distance] was fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - In the porch (portico) of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - On the outer [fn]side, as one went up to the [fn]gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other [fn]side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 -

Then he brought me to the porch of the temple, and he measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended, there were [two] columns beside the side pillars, one on each side [of the entrance].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He (the angel) measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches (porticoes) of the courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - And there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm decorations like those 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 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - There were latticed windows and palm decorations on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch. Thus were the side chambers and the [fn]thresholds of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - “As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the porch (portico) of the gate and shall go out the same way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - “The prince shall enter by the porch (portico) of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall prepare and provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship [fn]at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:8 - “When the prince enters, he shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and go out by the same way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 -

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD,

Weep between the porch and the altar,

And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O LORD,

And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule,

Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations.

Why should they say among the peoples,

‘Where is their God?’”

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