שֻׁלְחָן shulchan

Hebrew word for “table” · Strong’s H7979 · used 71 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

1) table; 1a) table; 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses

How it is translated

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

• table 57
• tables 14

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (5), Exodus 25 (4), Exodus 37 (4), 2 Samuel 9 (4), Exodus 40 (3), 1 Samuel 20 (2), 2 Chronicles 4 (2), Malachi 1 (2), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 30 (1)

Forms

• השׁלחן 23
• שׁלחן 13
• שׁלחנות 10
• שׁלחני 7
• שׁלחנך 3
• ושׁלחן 3
• והשׁלחן 2
• שׁלחנו 2
• לשׁלחנות 2
• השׁלחנות 2

Words used with it

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

• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 8
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 11
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 10
• עָרַךְ arakh “to arrange” 7
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 8
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 8
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 9
• מַעֲרֶכֶת maarekhet “row” 4
• תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 5
• שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 4
• בַּד bad “alone” 5
• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 4

Key verses

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

• Judges 1:7 — And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God…
• 2 Samuel 9:7 — And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father;…
• 1 Kings 7:48 — And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
• 1 Kings 18:19 — Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four…
• 2 Chronicles 4:19 — And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
• Psalms 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
• Psalms 69:22 — Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
• Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
• Isaiah 65:11 — But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
• Daniel 11:27 — And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time…
• Malachi 1:12 — But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

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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.