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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7979

שֻׁלְחָן

shulchanshool-khawn'

table

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

Concordance spelling: shulchân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7979is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 48
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7979

a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal

The King James renders it: table.

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

shulchan is rendered "table". It stands 71 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Eighteen of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:23You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-eight different ways.

The first use

You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Exodus 25:23שֻׁלְחָ֖ן

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

Where the word stands

Eighteen of the word's seventy-one uses are in Exodus.

The other 21 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

  • the table23
  • tables10
  • table of8
  • table my7
  • a table5
  • and a table3
  • and the table2
  • for tables of2
  • table his2
  • table your2
  • the tables2
  • for a table1

and 4 more, 71 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.

All 71, 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

  • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙5
  • שֻׁלְחַ֥ן5
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃4
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ן3
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ן2
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ן2
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ן2
  • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֗ן2
  • לְשֻׁלְחֲנ֥וֹת2
  • שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹ2
  • שֻׁלְחָנ֖וֹת2
  • שֻׁלְחָנִ֔י2

and 36 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular23HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · feminine plural10HNcfpa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Td/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfpc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs

Exodus

eighteen uses
  • You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

    Exodus 25:23

    • שֻׁלְחָ֖ןshulchannoun · masculine singulartagged: a table
  • The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

    Exodus 25:27

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

    Exodus 25:28

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

    Exodus 25:30

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

    Exodus 26:35

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
    • וְהַ֨שֻּׁלְחָ֔ןvehashulchanconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the table
  • the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

    Exodus 30:27

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

    Exodus 31:8

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

    Exodus 35:13

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

    Exodus 37:10

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • The rings were placed close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

    Exodus 37:14

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and overlaid them with gold.

    Exodus 37:15

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

    Exodus 37:16

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֗ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

    Exodus 39:36

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

    Exodus 40:4

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

    Exodus 40:22

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙hashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

    Exodus 40:24

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table

Leviticus

one use
  • and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

    Leviticus 24:6

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table

Numbers

two uses
  • Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.

    Numbers 3:31

    • וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙vehashulchanconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the table
  • Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.

    Numbers 4:7

    • שֻׁלְחַ֣ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of

Judges

one use
  • Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

    Judges 1:7

    • שֻׁלְחָנִ֔יshulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my

1 Samuel

two uses
  • saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”

    1 Samuel 20:29

    • שֻׁלְחַ֖ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of
  • Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

    1 Samuel 20:34

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table

2 Samuel

five uses
  • “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

    2 Samuel 9:7

    • שֻׁלְחָנִ֖יshulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my
  • You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

    2 Samuel 9:10

    • שֻׁלְחָנִ֑יshulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my
  • And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

    2 Samuel 9:11

    • שֻׁלְחָנִ֔יshulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my
  • So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.

    2 Samuel 9:13

    • שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of
  • For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

    2 Samuel 19:28

    • שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָshulchanekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: of table your

1 Kings

six uses
  • But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

    1 Kings 2:7

    • שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָshulchanekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: table your
  • Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

    1 Kings 4:27

    • שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of
  • Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

    1 Kings 7:48

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֗ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    1 Kings 10:5

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹshulchanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: table his
  • While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

    1 Kings 13:20

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן פhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

    1 Kings 18:19

    • שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of

2 Kings

one use
  • Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

    2 Kings 4:10

    • וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ןveshulchanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a table

1 Chronicles

four uses
  • the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;

    1 Chronicles 28:16

    • לְשֻׁלְחֲנ֥וֹתleshulchanotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for tables of
    • לְשֻׁלְחַ֣ןleshulchanpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for a table
    • וְשֻׁלְחָ֑ןveshulchanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a table
    • לְשֻׁלְחֲנ֥וֹתleshulchanotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for tables of

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • 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.

    2 Chronicles 4:8

    • שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֮shulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

    2 Chronicles 4:19

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֔וֹתhashulchanotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the tables
  • the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    2 Chronicles 9:4

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹshulchanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: table his
  • Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

    2 Chronicles 13:11

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֣ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

    2 Chronicles 29:18

    • שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of

Nehemiah

one use
  • There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.

    Nehemiah 5:17

    • שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃shulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my

Job

one use
  • Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

    Job 36:16

    • שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗shulchanekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: table your

Psalms

four uses
  • You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

    Psalms 23:5

    • שֻׁלְחָ֗ןshulchannoun · masculine singulartagged: a table
  • May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

    Psalms 69:22

    • שֻׁלְחָנָ֣םshulchanamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: table their
  • They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

    Psalms 78:19

    • שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ןshulchannoun · masculine singulartagged: a table
  • Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

    Psalms 128:3

    • לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃leshulchanekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to table your

Proverbs

one use
  • She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

    Proverbs 9:2

    • שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃shulchanahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: table her

Isaiah

three uses
  • They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

    Isaiah 21:5

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.

    Isaiah 28:8

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֔וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

    Isaiah 65:11

    • שֻׁלְחָ֔ןshulchannoun · masculine singulartagged: a table

Ezekiel

thirteen uses
  • You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

    Ezekiel 23:41

    • וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ןveshulchanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a table
  • And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 39:20

    • שֻׁלְחָנִי֙shulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my
  • Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.

    Ezekiel 40:39

    • שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֙shulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
    • שֻׁלְחָנ֖וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

    Ezekiel 40:40

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֑וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
    • שֻׁלְחָנֽוֹת׃shulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

    Ezekiel 40:41

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֜וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
    • שֻׁלְחָנ֛וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
    • שֻׁלְחָנ֖וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

    Ezekiel 40:42

    • שֻׁלְחָנ֨וֹתshulchanotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tables
  • The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.

    Ezekiel 40:43

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֖וֹתhashulchanotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the tables
  • There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

    Ezekiel 41:22

    • הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ןhashulchanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the table
  • They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

    Ezekiel 44:16

    • שֻׁלְחָנִ֖יshulchaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: table my

Daniel

one use
  • And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

    Daniel 11:27

    • שֻׁלְחָ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singulartagged: a table

Malachi

two uses
  • By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

    Malachi 1:7

    • שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of
  • “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

    Malachi 1:12

    • שֻׁלְחַ֤ןshulchannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: table of

The letters

Gematria 388· 1,038 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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