1 Kings 6:16
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
גֹּרֶן
gôren
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
קֶרֶשׁ
qeresh
a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of aship
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
דְּבִיר
dᵉbîyr
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
יְרֵכָה yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Study H3411 →אַמָּה ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Study H520 →Cross References
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six...
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
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 upon the ark; that he die not: for I will ...
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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