חֶדֶר cheder

Hebrew word for “chamber” · Strong’s H2315 · used 38 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within

How it is translated

Glosses given for cheder in context, with how often each is used:

• chamber 10
• room 10
• chambers 8
• rooms 5
• chamber towards 2
• inner room towards 1
• will be from inner rooms 1
• room towards 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 16 (2), Proverbs 20 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Exodus 8 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 3 (1), Judges 15 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1)

Forms

• בחדר 11
• חדר 5
• חדרי 5
• החדרה 4
• החדר 2
• בחדרי 2
• ובחדר 1
• ומחדרים 1
• וחדריו 1
• וחדרי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with cheder more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִטָּה mittah “bed” 4
• יָנַק yanaq “to suckle” 4
• מִשְׁכָּב mishkav “bed” 4
• בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 4
• שִׁמְשׁוֹן shimshon “Samson” 3
• לָהַם laham “to swallow” 2
• חָבָה chavah “to hide” 2
• רָגַן ragan “to grumble” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
• צְפַרְדֵּעַ tsephardea “frog” 2
• שָׁרַץ sharats “to swarm” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 5

Key verses

The verses using cheder that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
• Deuteronomy 32:25 — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
• 1 Kings 20:30 — But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into…
• 1 Kings 22:25 — And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
• 2 Kings 6:12 — 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…
• 2 Kings 11:2 — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and…
• 1 Chronicles 28:11 — Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and…
• Song of Solomon 1:4 — 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…
• Song of Solomon 3:4 — 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…
• Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Ezekiel 8:12 — Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they…
• Joel 2:16 — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his…

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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.