חֶדֶר
cheder · kheh'-der
an apartment (usually literal)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2314 (חָדַר);
an apartment (usually literal)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, [phrase] south, [idiom] within.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶדֶר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chamber5 · 14%
- into the chamber3 · 8%
- into an inner3 · 8%
- in thy bedchamber2 · 6%
- in the chambers2 · 6%
- into the innermost parts2 · 6%
- into his chamber1 · 3%
- and into thy bedchamber1 · 3%
- within1 · 3%
- with her in the chamber1 · 3%
- in the chamber1 · 3%
- in his bedchamber1 · 3%
- them into the chamber1 · 3%
- him to an inner1 · 3%
- in the bedchamber1 · 3%
- parlours1 · 3%
- in a bedchamber1 · 3%
- and the chambers1 · 3%
- out of the south1 · 3%
- to the chambers1 · 3%
- all the inward parts1 · 3%
- the inward parts1 · 3%
- shall the chambers1 · 3%
- me into his chambers1 · 3%
- and into the chamber1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.