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Holman Bible Dictionary

English translation of at least seven Hebrew words referring to a portion of a house or building. Included are sleeping quarters (2 Kings 6:12 ); bathroom (Judges 3:24 ); private inner room reserved for a bride (Judges 15:1; Joel 2:16 ); private, personal cubicle in the Temple furnished with benches (1 Samuel 9:22; 2 Kings 23:11 ); storage rooms (Nehemiah 12:44 ); a cool upper room built on the roof (Judges 3:20 ) or over the city gate (2 Samuel 18:33 ); and the ribs or beams forming side rooms in the Temple (1 Kings 7:3 ). The New Testament speaks of inner rooms of a house (Matthew 6:6; Matthew 24:26; Luke 12:3 ) or of a storeroom (Luke 12:24 ). See Architecture.