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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 vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple,[fn] and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,[fn] and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:12 - Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built before the vestibule,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - They began to consecrate on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. Then for eight days they consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And the side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate[fn] were three cubits on either side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve[fn] cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.[fn] And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries[fn] on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy[fn] of wood in front of the vestibule outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall 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 the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Between the vestibule and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O LORD,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[fn]
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
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