קֶלַע qela

Hebrew word for “curtain” · Strong’s H7050 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

curtain, drape, hanging

Senses in the lexicon

• curtain (16)
• sling (6)

How it is translated

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

• curtains 16
• sling 5
• slings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 38 (6), Exodus 27 (5), 1 Samuel 17 (2), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Numbers 3 (1), Numbers 4 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 1 Kings 6 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1)

Forms

• קלעים 10
• קלעי 6
• קלע 2
• וקלעי 1
• וקלעו 1
• בקלע 1
• הקלע 1

Words used with it

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

• אֶדֶן eden “socket” 9
• עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 9
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 10
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 8
• מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 5
• פֵּאָה peah “side” 5
• שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 4
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 6
• שֵׁשׁ shesh “linen” 4
• כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 4
• מֵיתָר metar “cord” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 5

Key verses

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

• Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits…
• Exodus 27:14 — The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
• Exodus 35:17 — The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
• Exodus 38:9 — And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
• Exodus 39:40 — The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the…
• Numbers 3:26 — And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all…
• 1 Samuel 17:40 — And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his…
• 1 Samuel 17:50 — So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
• 1 Samuel 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of…
• 1 Kings 6:34 — And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
• 2 Chronicles 26:14 — And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
• Zechariah 9:15 — The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they…

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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.