# H1964 הֵיכָל

הֵיכָל (hêykâl), Strong’s H1964: a large public building, such as a palace or temple KJV: palace, temple.. Occurs 80 times.

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*hêykâl* — a large public building, such as a palace or temple

KJV: palace, temple.

Derived from [יָכֹל yâkôl](https://besorah.bible/word/H3201) (to be able, literally)

Occurs 80 times.

## 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

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 1:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=9) — So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by…
- [1 Samuel 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/3?v=3) — and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in the LORD’s temple where God’s ark was,
- [2 Samuel 22:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=7) — In my distress, I called on the LORD. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into…
- [1 Kings 6:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=3) — The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house…
- [1 Kings 6:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=5) — Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the…
- [1 Kings 6:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=17) — In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
- [1 Kings 6:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=33) — He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall,
- [1 Kings 7:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=21) — He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up…
- [1 Kings 7:50](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=50) — the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of…
- [1 Kings 21:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/21?v=1) — After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of…