Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1964
הֵיכָל
hekalhay-kawl'
temple
80 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hêykâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1964is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 23 of 39Old Testament books
- 48spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1964
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
The King James renders it: palace, temple.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hekal is rendered "temple". It stands 80 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-three books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 1:9So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it forty-eight different ways.
The first use
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:9הֵיכַ֥ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- temple of20
- the temple14
- in temple of7
- in palace of4
- temple his3
- from temple his2
- from temple of2
- in palaces of2
- in the temple2
- of the temple2
- temple your2
- to the temple2
and 18 more, 80 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֵיכַל | hekal | temple | Uses13 |
The words it stands beside
All 80, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
48 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֵיכַ֣ל9
- בְּהֵיכַ֣ל6
- הֵיכַ֤ל4
- הַהֵיכָ֖ל3
- הֵיכַ֥ל3
- בְּהֵיכַ֖ל2
- בְּהֵיכַ֥ל2
- בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל2
- בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי2
- הַֽהֵיכָ֖ל2
- הַֽהֵיכָ֑ל2
- הַהֵיכָ֔ל2
and 36 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)21HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular15HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)14HR/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular6HRd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
1 Samuel
two uses
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- הֵיכַ֥לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
2 Samuel
one use
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- מֵהֵֽיכָלוֹ֙meheikhalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from temple his
1 Kings
seven uses
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- לַֽהֵיכָ֖לlaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the temple
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
- הַהֵיכָ֥לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
- הַֽהֵיכָ֖לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
- הַֽהֵיכָ֑לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- לַהֵיכָ֖לlaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the temple
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palace of
2 Kings
four uses
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
- הֵיכַ֤לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
- בְּהֵיכַ֖לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palace of
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- מֵהֵיכַ֣לmeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from temple of
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for temple of
2 Chronicles
eight uses
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
- הַהֵיכָ֔לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
- בַּֽהֵיכָ֔לbaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the temple
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- בַּֽהֵיכָ֔לbaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the temple
the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
- לַהֵיכָ֖לlaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the temple
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- בְּהֵיכָל֖וֹbeheikhalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in palace his
Ezra
three uses
On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
- וְהֵיכַ֥לveheikhalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and temple of
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
- הֵיכָ֔לheikhalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a temple
Nehemiah
three uses
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
- הַֽהֵיכָ֗לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
- הַהֵיכָ֔לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
- הַהֵיכָ֖לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Psalms
thirteen uses
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- הֵֽיכַל־heikhal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- בְּֽהֵ֘יכַ֤לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹmeheikhalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from temple his
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃beheikhalopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in temple his
The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
- וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹuveheikhaloconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in temple his
All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- הֵ֥יכְלֵיheikhleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: palaces of
They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.
- בְּהֵ֣יכַלbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palace of
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
- הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃heikhalekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: temple your
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃heikhalekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: temple your
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- מֵֽ֭הֵיכָלֶךָmeheikhalkhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: from temple your
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- הֵיכַ֪לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- הֵיכָֽל׃heikhalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a palace
Proverbs
one use
and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
- בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵיbeheikheleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palaces of
Isaiah
five uses
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- הַהֵיכָֽל׃haheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
- בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵיbeheikheleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palaces of
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
- בְּהֵיכַ֖לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palace of
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- וְהֵיכָ֖לveheikhalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and temple
Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
- מֵֽהֵיכָ֑לmeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from temple
Jeremiah
six uses
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
- הֵיכַ֤לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
- הֵיכַ֥לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
- הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃heikhalonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: temple his
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃heikhalonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: temple his
Ezekiel
ten uses
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
- הֵיכַ֣לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
- הֵיכַ֤לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
- הַהֵיכָ֑לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- הַֽהֵיכָ֑לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
- וְהַֽהֵיכָל֙vehaheikhalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the temple
Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.
- הַׄהֵׄיׄכָֽׄלׄ׃haheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple of
The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
- הַֽהֵיכָ֖לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
- לַֽהֵיכָ֖לlaheikhalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the temple
Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
- הַֽהֵיכָל֙haheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
- הַהֵיכָ֖לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Daniel
one use
young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in palace of
Hosea
one use
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- הֵֽיכָל֔וֹתheikhalotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: palaces
Joel
one use
For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
- לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃leheikheleikhempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: to own temples your
Amos
one use
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
- הֵיכָל֙heikhalnoun · masculine singulartagged: temple
Jonah
two uses
At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
- הֵיכַ֖לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
- הֵיכַ֖לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Micah
one use
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- מֵהֵיכַ֥לmeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from temple of
Nahum
one use
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
- וְהַֽהֵיכָ֖לvehaheikhalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the palace
Habakkuk
one use
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
Haggai
two uses
Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
- בְּהֵיכַ֥לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
- הֵֽיכַל־heikhal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Zechariah
five uses
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
- הֵיכַ֥לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
- הֵיכַ֤לheikhalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: temple of
The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.
- בְּהֵיכַ֥לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”
- בְּהֵיכַ֣לbeheikhalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in temple of
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
- הַהֵיכָ֖לhaheikhalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the temple
Malachi
one use
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- הֵיכָל֜וֹheikhalonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: temple his
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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