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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 vestibule in front of the sanctuary[fn] of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibule[fn] extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

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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, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - Then he made a hall for the throne, the Hall of Judgment, where he might judge; and it was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - And the house where he dwelt had another court inside the hall, of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies, four cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz.

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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 vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary[fn] was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and[fn] twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded[fn] the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the LORD that was before the vestibule of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, 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 - Now they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days, 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 - So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.

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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 the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway 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 doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that 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 width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the temple just as they were carved on the walls. A wooden canopy was on the front of the vestibule outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - “As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule 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 shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. 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 go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister to the LORD,
Weep between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
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