Strong's Lexicon: H3957 לִשׁכָּה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3957
Word:	לִשׁכָּה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from an unused root of uncertain meaning
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	48
Transliteration:	lishkah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	lish-kaw'
Meaning:	1. a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
KJV Renderings:	chamber, parlour.

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BDB4469

לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. ᵑ7 לִשְׁכְּתָא; 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 Ezek 40:38 +; construct לִשְׁכַּת 2Kgs 23:11 +; with ה locative לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה 1Sam 9:22 plural לְשָׁכוֺת Ezek 40:17 +; construct לִשְׁכוֺת Neh 10:38 +; —

1.

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

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

c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezek 40:17 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:38 ; Ezek 40:44 ; Ezek 40:45 ; Ezek 40:46 + Ezek 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), Ezek 42:1; Ezek 42:4; Ezek 42:7; Ezek 42:8; Ezek 42:11 + Ezek 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת ׳ הַלְּ Ezek 42:5 (see v Ezek 42:3), ( Ezek 45:5 read עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת ᵐ5 Sm Co Sgfr^{KauAT Bthl}); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳ ל for sacred uses Ezek 42:13 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 44:19; Ezek 46:19.

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

2. of scribe's room in royal palace Jer 36:12; Jer 36:20; Jer 36:21.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לשכה (lish-k)

1 Chronicles 9:26

KJV: For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.set…: or, trustchambers: or, storehouses

EHCC: over the chambers (marg. or, storehouses)

1 Chronicles 23:28

KJV: Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;their…: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron

EHCC: in the courts, and in the chambers,

1 Chronicles 28:12

KJV: And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:of all that…: Heb. of all that was with him

EHCC: all the chambers round about,

2 Chronicles 31:11

KJV: Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,chambers: or, storehouses

EHCC: to prepare chambers (marg. storehouses)

Ezra 8:29

KJV: Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.

EHCC: in the chambers of the house

Ezra 10:6

KJV: Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

EHCC: the chamber of Johanan

Nehemiah 10:37

KJV: And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

EHCC: (38). to the chambers of the house of

Jeremiah 85:2

EHCC: into one of the chambers,

Jeremiah 36:10

KJV: Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.entry: or, door

EHCC: in the chamber of Gemariah

Ezekiel 40:17

KJV: Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

EHCC: (tere were) chambers, -

Ezekiel 41:10

KJV: And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

EHCC: And between the chambers

Ezekiel 44:19

KJV: And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

EHCC: in the holy Septal a

Ezekiel 45:5

KJV: And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

EHCC: a possession for ה6י1 .

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