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Lexicon :: Strong's H3957 - liškâ

Aa
לִשְׁכָּה
Transliteration
liškâ
Pronunciation
lish-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain meaning
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TWOT Reference: 1129a

Strong’s Definitions

לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh, lish-kaw'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging):—chamber, parlour. Compare H5393.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H3957 in the following manner: chamber (46x), parlour (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H3957 in the following manner: chamber (46x), parlour (1x).

  1. room, chamber, hall, cell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh, lish-kaw'; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging):—chamber, parlour. Compare H5393.
STRONGS H3957: Abbreviations
† לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. Targum לִשְׁכְּתָא; compare also נִשְׁכָּה; on the lishka see NowArchaeology ii. 37, 52, 79; BoGeogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.) compare Greek λέσχη, compare RsSemitic i. 236 (2nd ed. 254) and elsewhere); — ל׳ Ezekiel 40:38 +; construct לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11 +; with ה locative לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה 1 Samuel 9:22; plural לְשָׁכוֺת Ezekiel 40:17 +; construct לִשְׁכוֺת Nehemiah 10:38 +; —
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a. of room connected with a sanctuary (בָּמָה), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1 Samuel 9:22, insert also probably 1 Samuel 1:18 (Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Klo Bu).
b. connected with Solomon's temple, where wine offered to Rechabites Jeremiah 35:2, 4; compare Jeremiah 35:4; Jeremiah 35:4 one where prophecy read Jeremiah 36:10 (both these apparently open, compare GieJeremiah 35:2); compare בַּפַּרְוָרִים ֗֗֗ הַסָּרִיס נְתַןמֶֿלֶך לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11; used of Levites' cells 1 Chronicles 9:33; = store-rooms 1 Chronicles 9:26 (|| אֹצָרוֺת), 1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 31:11.
c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezekiel 40:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:38, 44, 45, 46 + Ezekiel 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), Ezekiel 42:1, 4, 7, 8, 11 + Ezekiel 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת הַלְּ׳ Ezekiel 42:5 (see Ezekiel 42:3), (Ezekiel 45:5 read עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת Greek Version of the LXX Sm Co SgfrKauAT Bthl); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ל׳ for sacred uses Ezekiel 42:13 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:19.
d. in second temple, as store-rooms Ezra 8:29; Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:39 (|| בֵּית הָאוֺצָר), Nehemiah 10:40; used by individuals Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 13:5 (גְּדוֺלָה ל׳), Nehemiah 13:8, in general Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:9.
2. of scribe's room in royal palace Jeremiah 36:12, 20, 21.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

1:18; 9:22; 9:22

2 Kings

23:11; 23:11

1 Chronicles

9:26; 9:33; 23:28; 28:12

2 Chronicles

31:11

Ezra

8:29; 10:6

Nehemiah

10:38; 10:38; 10:39; 13:4; 13:5; 13:8; 13:9

Jeremiah

35:2; 35:2; 35:4; 35:4; 35:4; 36:10; 36:12; 36:20; 36:21

Ezekiel

40:17; 40:17; 40:38; 40:38; 40:44; 40:45; 40:46; 41:10; 42:1; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:7; 42:8; 42:11; 42:12; 42:13; 44:19; 45:5; 46:19

H3957

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Strong's Number H3957 matches the Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (liškâ),
which occurs 48 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel took Saul and his servant into the guest room, and made them take the chief place among all the guests who were there, about thirty persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:12 - And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 - Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:2 - Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, Elishama the scribe and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all the rulers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 - Then he took me into the outer square, and there were rooms and a stone floor made for the open square all round: there were thirty rooms on the stone floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38 - And there was a room with a door in the covered way of the doorway, where the burned offering was washed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - And he took me into the inner square, and there were two rooms in the inner square, one at the side of the north doorway, facing south; and one at the side of the south doorway, facing north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And he said to me, This room, facing south, is for the priests who have the care of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - And the room facing north is for the priests who have the care of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who, from among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord to do the work of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - And between the rooms was a space twenty cubits wide all round the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - And he took me out into the inner square in the direction of the north: and he took me into the rooms which were opposite the separate place and opposite the building to the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - And in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long; and their doors were facing north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - And the wall which went outside by the side of the rooms, in the direction of the outer square in front of the rooms, was fifty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the rooms in the outer square were fifty cubits long: and in front of the Temple was a space of a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - And under these rooms was the way in from the east side, as one goes into them from the outer square at the head of the outer wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - (And he took me) to the south, and in front of the separate place and in front of the building there were rooms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - And there was a walk in front of them like that by the rooms on the north; they were equally long and wide; and the ways out of them were the same in design and had the same sort of doors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - And under the rooms on the south was a door at the head of the outer wall in the direction of the east as one goes in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - And he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms in front of the separate place are the holy rooms, where the priests who come near the Lord take the most holy things for their food: there the most holy things are placed, with the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; for the place is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - A space of land twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide is to be for the Levites, the servants of the house, a property for themselves, for towns for their living-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - And he took me through by the way in at the side of the doorway into the holy rooms which are the priests', looking to the north: and I saw a place at the side of them to the west.
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