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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

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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 portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[fn] and projected ten cubits[fn] from the front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[fn] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace 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 - The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[fn] high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[fn] long across the width of the building and twenty[fn] cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:12 - On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[fn] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[fn] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - Then he measured the portico of the gateway;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - it[fn] was eight cubits[fn] deep and its jambs were two cubits[fn] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings[fn] and guilt offerings were slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[fn] and its projecting walls were[fn] three cubits[fn] wide on either side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The portico was twenty cubits[fn] wide, and twelve[fn] cubits[fn] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[fn] and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

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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 courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will 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 is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
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