H3957 - לִשְׁכָּה (lishkâh)

H3957 לִשְׁכָּה (lishkâh) lish-kaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

chamber

Strong's Definition

a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)

Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;

KJV Usage: chamber, parlour. Compare H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה).

TWOT Reference: 1129a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) room, chamber, hall, cell

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G833 G1049 G2344 G2646 G3624

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

room, chamber, hall, cell

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh BDB Definition: 1) room, chamber, hall, cell Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root of uncertain meaning Same Word by TWOT Number: 1129a Total KJV Occurrences: 47

Bible Occurrences (41)

9:22

23:11

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

31:11

8:29 10:6

10:37 10:38 10:39 13:4 13:5 13:8 13:9

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

40:17 40:38 40:44 40:45 40:46 41:10 42:1 42:4 42:5 42:7 42:8 42:9 42:10 42:11 42:12 42:13 44:19 45:5 46:19

1 Samuel 9:22

Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited... — about thirty in all.

2 Kings 23:11

And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And [Josiah] burned up... the chariots of the sun.

1 Chronicles 9:26

But... the four chief gatekeepers,... who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms... and the treasuries of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:33

Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt [from other duties] because they were on duty day and night.

1 Chronicles 23:28

but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts... and chambers,... the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

1 Chronicles 28:12

The plans contained everything [David] had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God [and] of the dedicated things,

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.

Ezra 8:29

Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.