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Lexicon :: Strong's H3957 - liškâ

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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 47 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they are about thirty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that is in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, are free, for by day and by night they are over them in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - for their station is at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:12 - and the pattern of all that hath been by the Spirit with him, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the things sacrificed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 - And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah, and they prepare,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - watch, and keep, till ye weigh before the heads of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they -- the Levites -- have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - and the priest, son of Aaron, hath been with the Levites in the tithing of the Levites, and the Levites bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our God unto the chambers, to the treasure-house;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there are vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, is a relation of Tobiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil -- the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers -- and the heave-offering of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:2 - 'Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and thou hast spoken with them, and brought them into the house of Jehovah, unto one of the chambers, and caused them to drink wine.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - and bring them into the house of Jehovah, unto the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God, that is near to the chamber of the princes, that is above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - and he goeth down to the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 - And he bringeth me in unto the outer court, and lo, chambers and a pavement made for the court all round about -- thirty chambers on the pavement --

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:38 - And the chamber and its opening is by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - And on the outside of the inner gate are chambers of the singers, in the inner court, that are at the side of the north gate, and their fronts are southward, one at the side of the east gate hath the front northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And he speaketh unto me: 'This chamber, whose front is southward, is for priests keeping charge of the house;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - and the chamber, whose front is northward, is for priests keeping charge of the altar: they are sons of Zadok, who are drawing near of the sons of Levi unto Jehovah, to serve Him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - And between the chambers is a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house, all round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - And he bringeth me forth unto the outer court, the way northward, and he bringeth me in unto the chamber that is over-against the separate place, and that is over-against the building at the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - And at the front of the chambers is a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings are at the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - As to the wall that is at the outside, over-against the chambers, the way of the outer-court at the front of the chambers, its length is fifty cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - for the length of the chambers that are to the outer court is fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - And under these chambers is the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, unto the front of the separate place, and unto the front of the building, are chambers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - And the way before them is as the appearance of the chambers that are northward, according to their length so is their breadth, and all their outlets, and according to their fashions, and according to their openings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - And according to the openings of the chambers that are southward is an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - And he saith unto me, 'The north chambers, the south chambers, that are at the front of the separate place, they are holy chambers, where the priests (who are near to Jehovah) eat the most holy things, there they place the most holy things, and the present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, for the place is holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And in their going forth unto the outer court -- unto the outer court unto the people -- they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - 'And of the five and twenty thousand of length, and of the ten thousand of breadth, there is to the Levites, ministrants of the house, for them -- for a possession -- twenty chambers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - And he bringeth me in through the entrance that is by the side of the gate, unto the holy chambers, unto the priests, that are looking northward, and lo, there is a place in their two sides westward.
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