Strong's Lexicon

H2315

H2315 — חֶדֶר

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

Hebrewchedernoun mascOccurrences: 38TWOT: 612a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2315
Word:	חֶדֶר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2314
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	38
Transliteration:	cheder
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kheh'-der
Meaning:	1. an apartment (usually literal)
KJV Renderings:	((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within.

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BDB2575

חֶ֫דֶר noun masculine^{1Chr 28:11} chamber, room (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חדר, חדרת; Sabean חֿדר Mordt^{ZMG, 1876, 24}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1641]

[untranscribed source text 1642] is not 'chamber,' but (from √ [untranscribed source text 1643] dwell) dwelling-place, abode, tent.) — absolute חֶדֶר 2Sam 13:10 + 11 t.; הַחַ֫דְרָה Gen 43:20; 1Kgs 1:15 הֶחָ֑דְרָה Judg 15:1; 2Sam 13:10 construct חֶ֫דֶר Song 3:4 חֲדֶר Exod 7:28 + 5 t.; suffix חֶדְרוֺ Joel 2:16 plural חֲדָרִים Deut 32:25; Prov 24:4 construct חַדְרֵי Prov 7:27 + 8 t.; suffix חֲדָרֶיךָ Isa 26:20 חֲדָרָיו Song 1:4; 1Chr 28:11 — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Gen 43:30 ( J ), Judg 15:1 ; Judg 16:9; Judg 16:12; 2Sam 13:10 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 1:15; Song 1:4 ; Isa 26:20 ; Judg 14:18 read probably הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253}, compare Joel 2:16 (|| חֻפָּתָהּ of bride), הוֺרָתִי ׳ ח Song 3:4 (|| בֵּית אִמִּי); of kings (of Egypt) Ps 105:30 specifically: מִשְׁכָּב ׳ ח bed-chamber Exod 7:28 ( J ), 2Sam 4:7; 2Kgs 6:12; Eccl 10:20 other combinations: — הַמְּקֵרָה ׳ ח Judg 3:24 = cool chamber; הַפְּנִימִים ׳ ח 1Chr 28:11 inner chamber; חדרי מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ Ezek 8:12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ׳ בְּח ׳ ח a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1Kgs 20:30; 1Kgs 22:25 = 2Chr 18:24; 2Kgs 9:2 plural = store-rooms Prov 24:4 so הַמִּטּוֺת ׳ ח 2Kgs 11:2 = 2Chr 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor ׳ ח מָ֑וֶת Prov 7:27 (|| דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֺל); חדרי תֵּמָן Job 9:9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, see Di; Hoffm. thinks of proper name of star or constellation); compare Job 37:9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (סוּפָה); חַדְרֵי בֶטֶן i.e. inner parts of body, only figurative Prov 18:8 = Prov 26:22; Prov 20:27; Prov 20:30 in Deut 32:25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poetic for מִבַּיִת, || מִחוּץ without.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חדר (gheh’-der)

Exodus 8:5

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

EHCC: (7:98), and iato thy bedchamber,

2 Kings 6:12

KJV: And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.None: Heb. No

EHCC: that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

1 Chronicles 23:11

KJV: And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.had…: Heb. did not multiply sons

EHCC: and of the inner parlours thereof,

Job 9:9

KJV: Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.Arcturus…: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah

EHCC: and the chambers of the south,

Proverbs 7:27

KJV: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

EHCC: going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 26:22

KJV: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.innermost…: Heb. chambers

EHCC: they go down into the innermost parts 9)

Ecclesiastes 10:20

KJV: Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.thought: or, conscience

EHCC: and curse not the rich ia thy bedchambers

Song of Songs 1:4

KJV: Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.the upright…: or, they love thee uprightly

EHCC: hath brought me into Ais chambers :

Song of Songs 3:4

KJV: It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

EHCC: into the chamber of her that conceived me.