הֵיכַלhêykal

palace, temple

Pronunciation: hay-kal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1965

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:14 “Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.
  • Ezra 5:14 King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.
  • Ezra 5:15 The king instructed him to return the cups to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there on its original site.
  • Ezra 6:5 Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”
  • Daniel 4:4 “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity.
  • Daniel 4:29 Twelve months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).