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H1964

H1964 — הֵיכָּל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewheykalnoun mascOccurrences: 80TWOT: 493

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1964
Word:	הֵיכָּל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	80
Transliteration:	heykal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	hay-kawl'
Meaning:	1. a large public building, such as a palace or temple
KJV Renderings:	palace, temple.

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BDB2148

הֵיכָל noun masculine^{Nah 2:7} (on Isa 44:28 compare Che Di) palace, temple (see also Late Hebrew id. temple, Aramaic הֵיכָלָא, הֵיכְלָא, [untranscribed source text 1296], palace, temple, Palmyrene הכלא temple Vog¹⁶; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1297] (probably Aramaic loan-word according to Frä²⁷⁴ ), Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1298] temple; Assyrian ekallu , palace, temple; — probably loan-word from Akkadian e-gal , great house, compare Schr^{HI
148} COT 2Kgs 20:18 Hpt^{E-vowel 11 f.} Lehmann^{Šamaššumukîn 126}, and on usage Dl³³⁸; > from יכל (וכל ) = כול contain Ew^{§ 162 b} Thes Add⁸⁴; compare Ol^{§ 191
b} Hoffm^{AGG xxxvi. Mai 1889:25} Dl^w; from an original יכל Lag^{BN 121}, but compare Hom^{ZMG 1890.547}) absolute ׳ ה Amos 8:3 + 27 t. ( ׳ הַה 1Kgs 6:17 +); construct הֵיכַל Mic 1:2 + 35 t.; suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Ps 48:10 + 2 t.; הֵיכָלוֺ Jer 50:28 + 7 t.; plural הֵיכָלוֺת Hos 8:14 construct הֵיכְלֵי Isa 13:22 + 2 t.; suffix הֵיכְלֵיכֶם Joel 4:5 — never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Ki Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms; —

1. rather seldom (royal) palace (so almost always in Assyrian); of Ahab 1Kgs 21:1, of king of Babylon 2Kgs 20:18 = Isa 38:17; 2Chr 36:7, compare Dan 1:4, and plural הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג Isa 13:22 luxurious palaces; at Nineveh נָמוֺג ׳ וְהַה Nah 2:7 not clearly defined are הֵיכַל מֶלֶךְ Ps 45:16 and הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן Ps 45:9 הֵיכָלוֺת Hos 8:14 (in Northern Israel); see also וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירוֺת הֵיכָל בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא Amos 8:3 and palace-songs shall be howlings in that day; compare also (probably) of Phoenician palaces Joel 4:5 quite general הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ, Prov 30:28, & תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל Ps 144:12 (simile of well-proportioned daughters); — usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ , see בית .

2. of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of ׳ י, temple (compare ׳ הַה Isa 6:1 e. below where prophet sees אדני ישֵׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא):

a. of early, pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh ׳ הֵיכַל י 1Sam 1:9; 1Sam 3:3 (= ׳ בֵּית י 1Sam 1:7; 1Sam 3:15 פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד 1Sam 2:22 omitted by ᵐ5 We Klo Dr) with doors (דלתות, 1Sam 3:15) & a doorpost ( מזוזה 1Sam 1:9) (compare 2Sam 22:7 = Ps 18:7 e. below).

b. of Solomon's temple: specifically the hall or nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the דְּבִּיר the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, and with this included in the more general term ׳ בֵּית י or הַבַּיִת, 1Kgs 6:1; 1Kgs 6:2 + often) 1Kgs 6:17 (compare 1Kgs 6:19 1Kgs 6:20 & 1Kgs 6:2) also 1Kgs 6:5 1Kgs 6:33; 1Kgs 7:50 = 2Chr 4:22 further 2Chr 4:7; 2Chr 4:8; Ezek 8:16 (twice in verse) הָאוּלָם עַלפְּֿנֵי הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת 1Kgs 6:3 אֻלָם הַהֵיכָל 1Kgs 7:21 || עַלפְּֿנֵי הַהֵיכָל 2Chr 3:17 ׳ הֵיכַל י 2Kgs 18:16 also in wide sense (apparently = ׳ בֵּית י), ׳ הֵיכַל י 2Kgs 23:4; 2Kgs 24:13 (|| ׳ בֵּית י), Jer 7:4 (3 t. in verse) (|| ׳ בֵּית י Jer 7:2), Jer 24:1 see also נִקְמַת הֵיכָלוֺ Jer 50:28; Jer 51:11 (both || ׳ נִקְמַת י); 2Chr 26:16; 2Chr 27:2, compare 2Chr 29:16 (|| ׳ פְּנִ֫ימָה בֵית י; opposed to ׳ י ׳ חֲצַר ב), in all three ׳ הֵיכַל י.

c. hall or nave of Ezekiel's temple, the holy place (see above) (included in הַבַּיִת, the general term embracing the whole group of buildings) Ezek 41:1; Ezek 41:4; Ezek 41:15 ; Ezek 41:21 ; Ezek 41:23; Ezek 41:25 (compare Ezek 41:20) Ezek 42:8.

d. general designation of 2 nd temple, הַהֵיכָל Zech 8:9 (|| צְבָאוֺת ׳ בֵּית י); oftener ׳ הֵיכַל י Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18; Zech 6:12; Zech 6:13; Zech 6:14; Zech 6:15; Ezra 3:6; Ezra 3:10, הֵיכָלוֺ Mal 3:1; Ps 27:4 בּוֺנִים הֵיכָל ליהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 4:1 (הַ)הֵיכָל Neh 6:10 (twice in verse) (|| בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים), Neh 6:11; Isa 44:28, compare also Isa 66:6. — הֵיכָל occurs occasionally in Psalms, without conclusive evidence, in all cases, to what temple reference is had; apparently distinguished from ׳ בֵּית י (as below b.) Ps 5:8 (הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ; see בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ Ps 5:7); perhaps also Ps 68:30 (distinguished from Holy of Holies by De Che; yet verse obscure); but no distinction evident Ps 79:1; Ps 138:2; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:8 (all הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ); compare קְדשׁ הֵיכָל֑ךָ Ps 65:5 (|| בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ); as containing the worshipping assembly Ps 48:10.

e. of the heavenly temple where ׳ י sits enthroned Isa 6:1 his abode in the heavens 2Sam 22:7 = Ps 18:7; Ps 11:4 (|| שָׁמַיִם; compare זְבֻל קָדְשׁוֺ Isa 63:15, || id.), Isa 29:9 אֲדֹנָי מֵהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ Mic 1:2, compare Hab 2:20 ויהוה בְּהֵיכַל קָדְשׁוֺ.

BDB9472

[הֵיכַל] noun masculine palace, temple (Assyrian loan-word; Biblical Hebrew; also Palmyrene היכלא and הכלא Lzb²⁵⁹ SAC⁴³); — emphatic הֵיכְלָא Ezra 4:14 +; construct הֵיכַל Dan 4:26 suffix הֵיכְּ לִי Dan 4:1, לֵהּ - Dan 6:19 —

1. place of king Dan 4:1; Dan 4:26; Dan 5:5; Dan 6:19; Ezra 4:14 (see מְלַח ).

2. temple:

a. in Jerusalem Dan 5:2; Dan 5:3; Ezra 5:14 a.; Ezra 5:15; Ezra 6:5 (twice in verse).

b. in Babylon Ezra 5:14 b.c.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

היכל (heh-chahl’)

2 Kings 18:16

KJV: At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.it: Heb. them

EHCC: the doors of the of the Lord,

2 Kings 23:4

KJV: And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth–el.

EHCC: to bring forth out of the temple oj

2 Kings 24:13

KJV: And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

EHCC: had mate in the els of 2

2 Chronicles 3:17

KJV: And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.Jachin: that is, He shall establishBoaz: that is, In it is strength

EHCC: the pillars before the temple,

2 Chronicles 4:7

KJV: And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

EHCC: set (them) in the temple,

2 Chronicles 26:16

KJV: But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

EHCC: went into the temple of the Lord

2 Chronicles 27:2

KJV: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.

EHCC: he entered not into the temple oj

2 Chronicles 29:16

KJV: And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

EHCC: that they found in the temple ום

2 Chronicles 36:7

KJV: Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

EHCC: and put them in his temple at ylon.

Nehemiah 6:10

KJV: Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

EHCC: within the temple, and let us shut the doors

Nehemiah 11:4

KJV: And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;Perez: also called, Pharez

EHCC: The Lord (is) jn his holy temple,

Nehemiah 16:6

EHCC: (7).heard my voice out of his temple,

Nehemiah 27:4

EHCC: to enquire in his ferple,

Nehemiah 29:9

EHCC: and in his temple doth every one

Nehemiah 45:8

EHCC: (9).out of the ivory palaces,

Nehemiah 48:9

EHCC: (10).in the midat of thy temple.

Nehemiah 65:4

EHCC: (5). of thy holy temple.

Nehemiah 68:29

EHCC: (30). Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

Nehemiah 79:1

EHCC: thy holy have they defiled ;

Nehemiah 188:2

EHCC: 1 will worship toward thy holy temple,

Nehemiah 144:12

EHCC: the similitude of a palace :

Proverbs 30:28

KJV: The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

EHCC: and is in Kings’ palaces

Isaiah 6:1

KJV: In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.his…: or, the skirts thereof

EHCC: his train filled the temple.

Isaiah 13:22

KJV: And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.the wild…: Heb. Iimdesolate…: or, palaces

EHCC: ns én (their) beers :

Isaiah 30:7

KJV: For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.concerning…: or, to her

EHCC: in fhe palace of the ing of fabyton.

Isaiah 44:28

KJV: That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

EHCC: and to the femple, Thy fotindation

Isaiah 66:6

KJV: A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

EHCC: a voice from temple,

Jeremiah 7:4

KJV: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

EHCC: The temple of the Lord, The temple of the

Jeremiah 24:1

KJV: The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

EHCC: before the temple of the Lord,

Jeremiah 50:28

KJV: The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

EHCC: & 1 6 Tengeance of his temple.

Ezekiel 8:16

KJV: And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

EHCC: at the door of the temple of

Hosea 8:14

KJV: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

EHCC: and buildeth ioone, ; (

Joel 3:5

KJV: Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:pleasant: Heb. desirable

EHCC: (4:5). have carried into your temples

Amos 8:8

KJV: Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

EHCC: the songs of the temple 0

Jonah 2:4

KJV: Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

EHCC: (5).look again toward thy holy femple.

Micah 1:2

KJV: Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.all ye…: Heb. ye people, all of themall that…: Heb. the fulness thereof

EHCC: the Lord from his hol: temple.

Nahum 2:6

KJV: The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.dissolved: or, molten

EHCC: (7)-and palace shall be dissolved. 1

Habakkuk 2:20

KJV: But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.let…: Heb. be silent all the earth before him

EHCC: But the Lord (is) in his holy 0

Zechariah 6:12

KJV: And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:grow…: or, branch up from under him

EHCC: he shall build the temple of the Lord:

Zechariah 8:9

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

EHCC: that the temple might be built.

Malachi 3:1

KJV: Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

EHCC: shall suddenly come to Ais temple,