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Strong's #3957 - לִשְׁכָּה

Transliteration

lishkâh

Phonetics

lish-kaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

1129a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) room, chamber, hall, cell

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 833 ‑ αὐλή (ow‑lay'); 1049 ‑ γαζοφυλάκιον (gad‑zof‑oo‑lak'‑ee‑on); 2344 ‑ θησαυρός (thay‑sow‑ros'); 2646 ‑ κατάλυμα (kat‑al'‑oo‑mah); 3624 ‑ οἶκος (oy'‑kos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (47)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 23

NAS (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

HCS (45)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 21

BSB (47)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 23

ESV (45)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 21

WEB (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2323) k s l (לסהכ LShK) AC: ? CO: Chamber AB: ?: [from: kx]

e^f1 ) e k s i l (ליסהכה LYShKH) - Chamber: KJV (47): parlour - Strongs: H3957 (לִשְׁכָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. ᵑ7לִשְׁכְּתָא; compare also נִשְׁכָּה; on the lishka see Now^{Archaeology ii. 37,52, 79}; Bo^{Geogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.)} compare Greek λέσχη, compare Rs^{Semitic 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 +; —

1. a. of room connected with a sanctuary (בָּמָה), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1 Samuel 9:22, insert also probably 1 Samuel 1:18 (ᵐ5 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 Gie^{Jeremiah 35:2}); compare לִשְׁכַּת נְתַןמֶֿלֶךְ הַסָּרִיס ֗֗֗ בַּמַּרְוָרִים 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 לָשֶׁבֶתᵐ5 Sm Co Sgfr^{KauAT Bthl}); הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳ל for sacred uses Ezekiel 42:13 (3t. 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לִשְׁכָּה f. i.q. נִשְׁכָּה (where see as to its origin [In Thes. suggested to be from לָשַׁךְ]), pl. לְשָׁכוֹת constr. לִשְׁכוֹת, a chamber, a cell, especially used of the cells of the temple, 1 Chronicles 9:26; Ezekiel 40:17, 45 Ezekiel 40:45, 42:1, seq.; Nehemiah 10:38, seq. Once, 1 Samuel 9:22, used of a dining rom; and Jeremiah 36:12, of the room of the royal scribe in the royal palace. [See Thes.]

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List of Word Forms

בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת בלשכת הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת הַלִּשְׁכ֤וֹת הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃ הַלְּשָׁכֹ֣ות הלשכה הלשכה׃ הלשכות וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת וְהַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה והלשכה והלשכות ולשכה לְלִשְׁכַּ֛ת לְשָׁכ֖וֹת לְשָׁכ֛וֹת לְשָׁכֹֽת׃ לְשָׁכֽוֹת׃ לְשָׁכוֹת֙ לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת לִשְׁכ֣וֹת לִשְׁכַּ֖ת לִשְׁכַּ֗ת לִשְׁכַּ֣ת לִשְׁכַּת֙ לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה לִשְׁכָּ֣ה ללשכת לשכה לשכות לשכות׃ לשכת לשכת׃ לשכתה מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת מלשכת bal·lə·šā·ḵōṯ balləšāḵōṯ balleshaChot bə·liš·kaṯ bə·liš·ḵōṯ belishChot belishKat bəliškaṯ bəlišḵōṯ hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ hal·liš·kāh hal·liš·ḵō·wṯ halləšāḵōwṯ halleshaChot hallishChot hallishKah halliškāh hallišḵōwṯ lə·liš·kaṯ lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ lə·šā·ḵōṯ lelishKat ləliškaṯ ləšāḵōṯ ləšāḵōwṯ leshaChot liš·kā·ṯāh liš·kāh liš·kaṯ liš·ḵō·wṯ lishChot lishKah lishKat lishKatah liškāh liškaṯ liškāṯāh lišḵōwṯ mil·liš·kaṯ millishKat milliškaṯ vehalleshaChot vehallishKah velishKah wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ wə·hal·liš·kāh wə·liš·kāh wəhalləšāḵōwṯ wəhalliškāh wəliškāh