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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2315

חֶדֶר

chederkheh'-der

chamber

38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2315is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 27
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2315

an apartment (usually literal)

The King James renders it: ((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, [phrase] south, [idiom] within.

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

cheder is rendered "chamber". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 43:30Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.

The first use

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

Genesis 43:30הַחַ֖דְרָה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • chambers of5
  • in chamber of5
  • a room4
  • in a room4
  • in rooms of2
  • in the chamber2
  • the chamber2
  • the chamber towards2
  • and chambers of1
  • and from inner rooms1
  • and in chamber of1
  • and in chambers of1

and 8 more, 38 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.

חֶדֶלchedelworldUses1

All 38, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

27 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

  • חַדְרֵי־5
  • חֶ֥דֶר4
  • בַּחֲדַ֣ר3
  • בְּחֶ֖דֶר2
  • בַּחֲדַ֥ר2
  • בֶּחָ֑דֶר1
  • בַּחֶ֔דֶר1
  • בְּחָֽדֶר׃1
  • בְּחָֽדֶר׃ ס1
  • בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י1
  • בְּחַדְרֵ֣י1
  • בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ1

and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)5HNcmpc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular4HR/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)4HTd/Ncmsa/Sd
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmpc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1HC/R/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmpc

Genesis

one use
  • Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

    Genesis 43:30

    • הַחַ֖דְרָהhachadrahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the inner room towards

Exodus

one use
  • The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

    Exodus 8:3

    • וּבַחֲדַ֥רuvachadarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in chamber of

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

    Deuteronomy 32:25

    • וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖יםumechadarimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and from inner rooms

Judges

four uses
  • After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

    Judges 3:24

    • בַּחֲדַ֥רbachadarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in chamber of
  • Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

    Judges 15:1

    • הֶחָ֑דְרָהhechaderahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the chamber towards
  • While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

    Judges 16:9

    • בַּחֶ֔דֶרbachederpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the chamber
  • So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

    Judges 16:12

    • בֶּחָ֑דֶרbechaderpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the chamber

2 Samuel

three uses
  • They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

    2 Samuel 4:7

    • בַּחֲדַ֣רbachadarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in chamber of
  • Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

    2 Samuel 13:10

    • הַחֶ֔דֶרhachederthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the chamber
    • הֶחָֽדְרָה׃hechaderahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the chamber towards

1 Kings

five uses
  • So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

    1 Kings 1:15

    • הַחַ֔דְרָהhachadrahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the room towards
  • The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

    1 Kings 20:30

    • חֶ֥דֶרchedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a room
    • בְּחָֽדֶר׃ סbechaderpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a room
  • Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

    1 Kings 22:25

    • חֶ֥דֶרchedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a room
    • בְּחֶ֖דֶרbechederpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a room

2 Kings

four uses
  • But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

    2 Kings 6:12

    • בַּחֲדַ֥רbachadarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in chamber of
  • When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.

    2 Kings 9:2

    • חֶ֥דֶרchedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a room
    • בְּחָֽדֶר׃bechaderpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a room
  • But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

    2 Kings 11:2

    • בַּחֲדַ֣רbachadarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in chamber of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

    1 Chronicles 28:11

    • וַחֲדָרָ֥יוvachadaravconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and rooms its

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

    2 Chronicles 18:24

    • חֶ֥דֶרchedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a room
    • בְּחֶ֖דֶרbechederpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a room
  • But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

    2 Chronicles 22:11

    • בַּחֲדַ֣רbachadarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in chamber of

Job

two uses
  • He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

    Job 9:9

    • וְחַדְרֵ֥יvechadreiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and chambers of
  • The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

    Job 37:9

    • הַ֭חֶדֶרhachederthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the chamber

Psalms

one use
  • Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

    Psalms 105:30

    • בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗יbechadreipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in rooms of

Proverbs

six uses
  • Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

    Proverbs 7:27

    • חַדְרֵי־chadrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chambers of
  • The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

    Proverbs 18:8

    • חַדְרֵי־chadrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chambers of
  • The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

    Proverbs 20:27

    • חַדְרֵי־chadrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chambers of
  • Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

    Proverbs 20:30

    • חַדְרֵי־chadrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chambers of
  • through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

    Proverbs 24:4

    • חֲדָרִ֣יםchadarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rooms
  • The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

    Proverbs 26:22

    • חַדְרֵי־chadrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chambers of

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

    Ecclesiastes 10:20

    • וּבְחַדְרֵי֙uvechadreiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in chambers of

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

    Song of Solomon 1:4

    • חֲדָרָ֗יוchadaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: chambers his
  • I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

    Song of Solomon 3:4

    • חֶ֖דֶרchedernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of

Isaiah

one use
  • Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

    Isaiah 26:20

    • בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָvachadareikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in rooms your

Ezekiel

one use
  • “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

    Ezekiel 8:12

    • בְּחַדְרֵ֣יbechadreipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in rooms of

Joel

one use
  • Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

    Joel 2:16

    • מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹmechedropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from room his

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

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.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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