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Strong's #3957 - לִשְׁכָּה

Transliteration

lishkâh

Phonetics

lish-kaw'

Origin

from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1129a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

room, chamber, hall, cell

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 833 ‑ αὐλή (ow‑lay'); 1049 ‑ γαζοφυλάκιον (gad‑zof‑oo‑lak'‑ee‑on); 2344 ‑ θησαυρός (thay‑sow‑ros'); 2646 ‑ κατάλυμα (kat‑al'‑oo‑mah); 3624 ‑ οἶκος (oy'‑kos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (44)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 21

BSB (45)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 23

CSB (45)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 21

ESV (45)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

KJV (47)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 23

LEB (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

LSB (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

N95 (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

NAS (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (46)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 7

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 22

ASV (44)

and a chamber 1

and between the chambers 1

and for all the chambers 1

and from under these chambers 1

and in the chambers 1

and the chamber 1

and, lo, there were chambers 1

by the chamber 1

chamber 3

chambers 9

in the chamber 2

in the chambers 1

into the chamber 2

it out of the chamber 1

me into the chamber 1

of the chambers 4

of trust, and were over the chambers 1

over the chambers 1

the chamber 3

the chambers 3

them into the guest-chamber 1

to the chambers 2

unto the chambers 1

were chambers 1

BSB (45)

a chamber 1

and chambers 1

and the chamber 1

and the outer chambers 1

chamber 2

chambers 6

chambers was 1

from the chamber 2

in the chamber 1

in the chambers 1

into the hall 1

just like the chambers 1

of the chambers 4

room 1

rooms 1

stayed in the temple chambers 1

storerooms 1

that the rooms 1

the chamber 4

the chambers 1

the group of chambers 1

the room 1

the rooms 1

the storerooms 4

there was a chamber 1

were chambers 2

were two chambers 1

CSB (45)

chamber 6

chambers 15

hall 1

room 1

the chamber 6

the chambers 8

the room 1

the rooms 2

the storerooms 4

them 1

ESV (45)

chamber 14

chambers 29

hall 1

live in 1

KJV (47)

chamber 15

chambers 31

parlour 1

LEB (46)

and a chamber 1

and the chamber 1

and the chambers of 1

chamber 2

chambers 3

chambers⌋ 3

in the chamber of 3

over the chambers of 1

storage rooms 1

the chamber 2

the chamber of 6

the chambers 12

the chambers of 2

the side room of nathan 1

the storerooms 1

there were chambers 1

there were chambers for 1

to a room in the building 1

under 1

were chambers 1

were in the chambers 1

LSB (46)

chamber 15

chambers 29

room 1

rooms 1

N95 (46)

chamber 13

chambers 27

hall 1

room 2

rooms 3

NAS (46)

chamber 13

chambers 27

hall 1

room 2

rooms 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (46)

a room 1

and in the rooms 1

and the room 1

between the rooms 1

by the room 1

from under these rooms 1

in the room 2

in the rooms 1

into the room 2

it out of the room 1

me into the room 1

of the rooms 4

of the way of the rooms 1

over the rooms 1

room 3

rooms 10

the room 3

the rooms 3

them into the guest room 1

to the rooms 3

were rooms 1

who lived in the rooms 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2323) k s l (לסהכ LShK) AC: ? CO: Chamber AB: ?: [from: kx]

e^f1 ) e k s i l (ליסהכה LYShKH) - Chamber: KJV (47): parlour - Strongs: H3957 (לִשְׁכָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. ᵑ7לִשְׁכְּתָא; compare also נִשְׁכָּה; on the lishka see Now^{Archaeology ii. 37,52, 79}; Bo^{Geogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.)} compare Greek λέσχη, compare Rs^{Semitic i. 236 (2nd ed. 254) and elsewhere}); — ׳ל Ezekiel 40:38 +; construct לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11 +; with ה locative לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה 1 Samuel 9:22; plural לְשָׁכוֺת Ezekiel 40:17 +; construct לִשְׁכוֺת Nehemiah 10:38 +; —

1. a. of room connected with a sanctuary (בָּמָה), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1 Samuel 9:22, insert also probably 1 Samuel 1:18 (ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Bu).

b. connected with Solomon's temple, where wine offered to Rechabites Jeremiah 35:2,4; compare Jeremiah 35:4; Jeremiah 35:4 one where prophecy read Jeremiah 36:10 (both these apparently open, compare Gie^{Jeremiah 35:2}); compare לִשְׁכַּת נְתַןמֶֿלֶךְ הַסָּרִיס ֗֗֗ בַּמַּרְוָרִים 2 Kings 23:11; used of Levites' cells 1 Chronicles 9:33; = store-rooms 1 Chronicles 9:26 ("" אֹצָרוֺת), 1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 31:11.

c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezekiel 40:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:38,44,45,46 + Ezekiel 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), Ezekiel 42:1,4,7,8,11 + Ezekiel 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת׳הַלְּ Ezekiel 42:5 (see Ezekiel 42:3), ( Ezekiel 45:5 read עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶתᵐ5 Sm Co Sgfr^{KauAT Bthl}); הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳ל for sacred uses Ezekiel 42:13 (3t. in verse); Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:19.

d. in second temple, as store-rooms Ezra 8:29; Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:39 ("" בֵּית הָאוֺצָר), Nehemiah 10:40; used by individuals Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 13:5 (גְּדוֺלָה׳ל), Nehemiah 13:8, in General Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:9.

2 of scribe's room in royal palace Jeremiah 36:12,20,21.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לִשְׁכָּה f. i.q. נִשְׁכָּה (where see as to its origin [In Thes. suggested to be from לָשַׁךְ]), pl. לְשָׁכוֹת constr. לִשְׁכוֹת, a chamber, a cell, especially used of the cells of the temple, 1 Chronicles 9:26; Ezekiel 40:17, 45 Ezekiel 40:45, 42:1, seq.; Nehemiah 10:38, seq. Once, 1 Samuel 9:22, used of a dining rom; and Jeremiah 36:12, of the room of the royal scribe in the royal palace. [See Thes.]

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List of Word Forms

בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת בלשכת הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת הַלִּשְׁכ֤וֹת הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃ הַלְּשָׁכֹ֣ות הלשכה הלשכה׃ הלשכות וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת וְהַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה והלשכה והלשכות ולשכה לְלִשְׁכַּ֛ת לְשָׁכ֖וֹת לְשָׁכ֛וֹת לְשָׁכֹֽת׃ לְשָׁכֽוֹת׃ לְשָׁכוֹת֙ לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת לִשְׁכ֣וֹת לִשְׁכַּ֖ת לִשְׁכַּ֗ת לִשְׁכַּ֣ת לִשְׁכַּת֙ לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה לִשְׁכָּ֣ה ללשכת לשכה לשכות לשכות׃ לשכת לשכת׃ לשכתה מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת מלשכת bal·lə·šā·ḵōṯ balləšāḵōṯ balleshaChot bə·liš·kaṯ bə·liš·ḵōṯ belishChot belishKat bəliškaṯ bəlišḵōṯ hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ hal·liš·kāh hal·liš·ḵō·wṯ halləšāḵōwṯ halleshaChot hallishChot hallishKah halliškāh hallišḵōwṯ lə·liš·kaṯ lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ lə·šā·ḵōṯ lelishKat ləliškaṯ ləšāḵōṯ ləšāḵōwṯ leshaChot liš·kā·ṯāh liš·kāh liš·kaṯ liš·ḵō·wṯ lishChot lishKah lishKat lishKatah liškāh liškaṯ liškāṯāh lišḵōwṯ mil·liš·kaṯ millishKat milliškaṯ vehalleshaChot vehallishKah velishKah wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ wə·hal·liš·kāh wə·liš·kāh wəhalləšāḵōwṯ wəhalliškāh wəliškāh