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Strong's numbers

הֵיכָל (H1964)

hêykâl

hay-kawl'

probably from יָכֹל (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple; palace, temple.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

הֵיכָל n.m. palace, temple
1 rather seld. (royal) palace
2 of palace of God considered as king, = house of God or of י׳, temple

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


76 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Psalms 27:4
    One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Psalms 29:9
    The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
  • Psalms 45:8
    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
  • Psalms 45:15
    With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
  • Psalms 48:9
    We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
  • Psalms 65:4
    Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
  • Psalms 68:29
    Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
  • Psalms 79:1
    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
  • Psalms 138:2
    I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
  • Psalms 144:12
    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: