הֵיכָל hekhal
Hebrew word for “temple” · Strong’s H1964 · used 80 times in 76 verses
Meaning
: temple; 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary;
Senses in the lexicon
- temple (56)
- temple: nave (12)
- temple: palace (12)
How it is translated
Glosses given for hekhal in context, with how often each is used:
- temple 66
- palace 8
- palaces 4
- own temples 1
- belonged to the temple 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 13 | 0.7 | |
| Ezekiel | 10 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 8 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Kings | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Zechariah | 5 | 1.6 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Ezra | 3 | 0.8 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Jonah | 2 | 2.9 |
Also in 11 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 41 (7), 1 Kings 6 (4), Zechariah 6 (4), 2 Chronicles 4 (3), 1 Kings 7 (2), Ezra 3 (2), Nehemiah 6 (2), Psalms 45 (2), Jonah 2 (2), Haggai 2 (2)
Forms
- היכל 24
- בהיכל 14
- ההיכל 14
- להיכל 4
- מהיכל 3
- היכלו 3
- מהיכלו 2
- והיכל 2
- בהיכלו 2
- היכלך 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hekhal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 13
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 9
- דֶּלֶת delet “door” 6
- אוּלָם ulam “Portico” 5
- יָסַד yasad “to found” 5
- אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 6
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 6
- פְּנִימִי penimi “inner” 4
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 6
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 5
- קוֹל qol “voice” 6
- אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 4
Key verses
The verses using hekhal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Kings 23:4 — 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…
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 — 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…
- Psalms 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the…
- Psalms 79:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
- Isaiah 6:1 — 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.
- Jeremiah 7:4 — Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
- Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;…
- Ezekiel 8:16 — 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…
- Zechariah 6:12 — 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…
- Zechariah 6:13 — Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and…
- Malachi 3:1 — 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…
See all 76 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.