What does הֵיכָל · מֶלֶךְ mean in the Bible?
הֵיכָל · מֶלֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a large public building, such as a palace or temple".
Hebrew · H1964, H4428
בְּהֵיכְלֵי־מֶלֶךְ
A large public building, such as a palace or temple · a king
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הֵיכָל H1964 a large public building, such as a palace or temple
Pronunciation mihêḵālô
Royal or sacred architectural space; shifts from earthly palace to God's heavenly temple as theological metaphor
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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What does בְּהֵיכְלֵי־מֶלֶךְ (behekhlei-melekh) mean in the Bible?
הֵיכָל · מֶלֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a large public building, such as a palace or temple".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1964, H4428?
H1964, H4428 is connected to 2,606 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a large public building, such as a palace or temple
Strong's H1964, H4428
Lexical occurrences 2,606 verses Source Gloss
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּהֵיכְלֵי־מֶלֶךְ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G3197 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain