Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3957
לִשְׁכָּה
lishkahlish-kaw'
chamber
47 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lishkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3957is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 35spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3957
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
The King James renders it: chamber, parlour. Compare H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה).
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
lishkah is rendered "chamber". It stands 47 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 9:22Then 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.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.
The first use
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.
1 Samuel 9:22לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-three of the word's forty-seven uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the rooms10
- room of5
- rooms5
- the store-rooms5
- rooms of4
- the room3
- in room of2
- the rooms of2
- a room1
- and a room1
- and the room1
- and the rooms1
and 7 more, 47 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.
The words it stands beside
All 47, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
35 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
- הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת3
- הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת3
- הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת3
- לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת3
- הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה2
- הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת2
- הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת2
- לִשְׁכַּ֣ת2
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת1
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת1
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת1
- בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣ת1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural15HTd/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural5HNcfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HTd/Ncfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1HNcfsa/Sd
1 Samuel
one use
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.
- לִשְׁכָּ֑תָהlishkatahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: room towards
2 Kings
one use
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.
- לִשְׁכַּת֙lishkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of
1 Chronicles
four uses
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the store-rooms
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.
- בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖תbaleshakhotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the rooms
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,
- הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the store-rooms
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,
- הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
2 Chronicles
one use
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
- לְשָׁכ֛וֹתleshakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rooms
Ezra
two uses
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.”
- הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹתhalishkhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the rooms of
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
- לִשְׁכַּ֖תlishkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of
Nehemiah
seven uses
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
- לִשְׁכ֣וֹתlishkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: store-rooms of
A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the store-rooms
For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
- הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the store-rooms
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣תbelishkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: over store-room of
and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
- לִשְׁכָּ֣הlishkahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a room
And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
- הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃halishkahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the room
Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the store-rooms
Jeremiah
eight uses
“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
- הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- לִשְׁכַּ֗תlishkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of
- לִשְׁכַּ֣תlishkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of
- לְלִשְׁכַּ֛תlelishkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to room of
From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡תbelishkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in room of
he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- לִשְׁכַּ֣תlishkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: room of
So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
- בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖תbelishkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in room of
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
- מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖תmilishkatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from room of
Ezekiel
twenty-three uses
Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
- לְשָׁכוֹת֙leshakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rooms
- לְשָׁכ֖וֹתleshakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rooms
There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
- וְלִשְׁכָּ֣הvelishkahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a room
Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
- לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹתlishkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rooms of
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
- הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗הhalishkahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the room
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
- וְהַלִּשְׁכָּ֗הvehalishkahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the room
and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
- הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗הhalishkahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the room
In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
- וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹתvehaleshakhotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the rooms
An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
- הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֣וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
- לְשָׁכֽוֹת׃leshakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rooms
with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
- הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹתhaleshakhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rooms
Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹתlishkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rooms of
- לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹתlishkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rooms of
- לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹתlishkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rooms of
When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
- בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣תbelishkhotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in rooms of
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
- לְשָׁכֹֽת׃leshakhotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rooms
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
- הַלִּשְׁכ֤וֹתhalishkhotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the rooms of
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.
