פָּרֹכֶת porekhet
Hebrew word for “curtain” · Strong’s H6532 · used 25 times in 23 verses
Meaning
curtain, veil
How it is translated
Glosses given for porekhet in context, with how often each is used:
- curtain 25
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 15 | 0.9 | |
| Leviticus | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 40 (4), Exodus 26 (3), Leviticus 16 (3), Leviticus 4 (2), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Exodus 39 (1)
Forms
- הפרכת 10
- לפרכת 9
- פרכת 6
Words used with it
Words that share verses with porekhet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵדוּת edut “testimony” 7
- אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 7
- כַּפֹּרֶת kapporet “mercy seat” 4
- מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 4
- נָזָה nazah “to sprinkle” 3
- חוּץ chuts “outside” 4
- אַרְגָּמָן argaman “purple” 3
- מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 4
- תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet “blue” 3
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 3
- אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 4
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 4
Key verses
The verses using porekhet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 26:33 — And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto…
- Exodus 27:21 — In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the…
- Exodus 30:6 — And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
- Exodus 40:3 — And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- Exodus 40:26 — And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
- Leviticus 4:6 — And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 16:2 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is…
- Leviticus 16:12 — And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it…
- Leviticus 16:15 — Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood…
- Numbers 4:5 — And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
- Numbers 18:7 — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your…
See all 23 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.