Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
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Chamber
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Acts 20:8
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
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8 occurrences in 7 verses.
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לִשְׁכָּה
lishkâh · lish-kaw'
15 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
Strong's KJV usage: chamber, parlour. Compare 5393.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 23:11Strong's last: Ezekiel 42:1
Open full H3957 profile →חֶדֶר
cheder · kheh'-der
14 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
an apartment (usually literal)
Strong's KJV usage: ((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, south, × within.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:30Strong's last: Joel 2:16
Open full H2315 profile →עֲלִיָּה
ʻălîyâh · al-ee-yaw'
6 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
Strong's KJV usage: ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 18:33Strong's last: 2 Kings 23:12
Open full H5944 profile →תָּא
tâʼ · taw
4 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a room (as circumscribed)
Strong's KJV usage: (little) chamber.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 14:28Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:13
Open full H8372 profile →ὑπερῷον
hyperōion · hoop-er-o'-on
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story
Strong's KJV usage: :--upper chamber (room).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 9:37Strong's last: Acts 20:8
Open full G5253 profile →צֵלָע
tsêlâʻ · tsay-law'
3 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
Strong's KJV usage: beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 41:9
Open full H6763 profile →נִשְׁכָּה
nishkâh · nish-kaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a cell
Strong's KJV usage: chamber.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 3:30Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:7
Open full H5393 profile →חֻפָּה
chuppâh · khoop-paw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a canopy
Strong's KJV usage: chamber, closet, defence.
Strong's first: Psalms 19:5Strong's last: Psalms 19:5
Open full H2646 profile →יָצוּעַ
yâtsûwaʻ · yaw-tsoo'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
Strong's KJV usage: bed, chamber, couch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:6Strong's last: 1 Kings 6:6
Open full H3326 profile →עַלִּית
ʻallîyth · al-leeth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a second-story room
Strong's KJV usage: chamber. Compare 5944.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:10Strong's last: Daniel 6:10
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H2646
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
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chamber
CHAMBER,
CHAMBER,
1. An apartment in an upper story, or in a story above the lower floor of a dwelling house; often used as a lodging room.
2. Any retired room; any private apartment which a person occupies; as, he called on the judge at his chamber
Joseph entered into his chamber and wept. Genesis 43:30.
3. Any retired place.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Proverbs 7:27.
4. A hollow or cavity; as the chamber of the eye.
5. A place where an assembly meets, and the assembly itself; as star-chamber; imperial chamber; chamber of accounts; ecclesiastical chamber; privy chamber; chamber of commerce, etc.
6. In military affairs, the chamber of a mortar is that part of the chase, where the powder lies.
7. A powder-chamber, or bomb-chamber, a place under ground for holding powder and bombs, where they may be safe and secured from rains.
8. The chamber of a mine, a place, generally of a cubical form, where the powder is confined.
9. A species of ordnance.
10. The clouds. Psalms 104:3.
11. Certain southern constellations which are hid from us.
The chambers of the south. Job 9:9.
CHAMBER-council, a private or secret council
CHAMBER-counsel, a counselor, who gives his opinion in a private apartment, but does not advocate causes in court.
CHAMBER,
CHAMBER, verb intransitive
1. To reside in or occupy as a chamber
2. To be wanton; to indulge in lewd or immodest behavior. Romans 13:1.
CHAMBER,
CHAMBER, verb transitive To shut up as in a chamber
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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