1 Kings 7:2
"He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon,.... Besides the temple, his own palace, and the queen's; so called, not because it was built on Mount Lebanon, which lay at the northern border of the land, at a great distance

from Jerusalem, whereas this was both a magazine of arms, and a court of judicature, Kg1 7:7 ; see Kg1 10:17 ; neither of which can be supposed to be far from Jerusalem; but because not only it was built of the cedars of Lebanon, but in a situation, and among groves of trees which resembled it; it seems to have been a summer house; and so the Targum calls it, a royal house of refreshment: the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty and the height thereof thirty cubits; so that it was in every measure larger than the temple; and, there was good reason for it, since into that only the priests entered; whereas into this went not only Solomon's family but his courtiers and nobles, and all foreign ambassadors, and whoever had any business with him, which required various rooms to receive them in: upon four rows of cedar pillars; or piazzas: with cedar beams upon the pillars; which laid the floor for the second story.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (23 words)

H1129 בָּנָה
Definition:

5+,בָּֽנְתָהProverbs 9:1;Proverbs 14:1,בָּנִיתָDeuteronomy 6:10,בָּנִתָה1 Kings 9:3;וּבָנִ֫יתָconsecutiveDeuteronomy 20:20+;בָּנִיתְEzekiel 16:25;בָּנִתִי1 Kings 8:13+; pluralבָּנוּGenesis 11:5+, etc. 5+,בָּֽנְתָהProverbs 9:1;Proverbs 14:1,בָּנִיתָDeuteronomy 6:10,בָּנִתָה1 Kings 9:3;וּבָנִ֫יתָconsecutiveDeuteronomy 20:20+;בָּנִיתְEzekiel 16:25;בָּנִתִי1 Kings 8:13+; pluralבָּנוּGenesis 11:5+, etc.

Possible Meanings:
  • build (semantic_range)
  • build (semantic_range)
  • be built (semantic_range)
H0853 אֵת
Definition:

33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34: 33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34:

Possible Meanings:
  • sign (semantic_range)
H1004 בּיִת
Definition:

12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch 12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch

Possible Meanings:
  • lodge (semantic_range)
  • pass the night (semantic_range)
H3293 יַעַר
Definition:

From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood.Brown-Driver-BriggsII.יַ֫עַ From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood.Brown-Driver-BriggsII.יַ֫עַ

Possible Meanings:
  • honeycomb (semantic_range)
H3844 לְבָנוֹן
Definition:

25הַלְּבָנֹןvan d. H.)71proper name, of a mountainLebanon(Phoenicianלבנן; AssyrianLabnanu, etc., SchrCOT on1 Kings 5:13, DlPar. 103 ff.; EgyptianRa-m­n-nWMMAsien u.Europa,197ff.; Arabiccompare further 25הַלְּבָנֹןvan d. H.)71proper name, of a mountainLebanon(Phoenicianלבנן; AssyrianLabnanu, etc., SchrCOT on1 Kings 5:13, DlPar. 103 ff.; EgyptianRa-m­n-nWMMAsien u.Europa,197ff.; Arabiccompare further

H3967 מֵאָה
Definition:

3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene 3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene

Possible Meanings:
  • hundred (semantic_range)
H0520 אַמָּה
Definition:

4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ 4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ

Possible Meanings:
  • nation (semantic_range)
H0753 אֹרֶךְ
Definition:

1+; constructGenesis 6:15+;אָרְכּוֺExodus 25:10+;אָרְכָּם2Chronicles 3:11;אָרְכָּןEzekiel 42:11, etc. —a.lengthof arkGenesis 6:15(P), of land of CanaanGenesis 13:17(J); most often of ark & other measu 1+; constructGenesis 6:15+;אָרְכּוֺExodus 25:10+;אָרְכָּם2Chronicles 3:11;אָרְכָּןEzekiel 42:11, etc. —a.lengthof arkGenesis 6:15(P), of land of CanaanGenesis 13:17(J); most often of ark & other measu

Possible Meanings:
  • long (semantic_range)
H2572 חֲמִשִּׁים
Definition:

15154t. (includingEzekiel 40:25,29,33, strike out Co) +Ezekiel 45:12(so read A Hi Co forחמּשׁה); suffixחֲמִשֶּׁיךָ2 Kings 1:10,12,חֲמִשָּׁיו2 Kings 1:94t.,חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶם2 Kings 1:14; —1absolutea.a fifty 15154t. (includingEzekiel 40:25,29,33, strike out Co) +Ezekiel 45:12(so read A Hi Co forחמּשׁה); suffixחֲמִשֶּׁיךָ2 Kings 1:10,12,חֲמִשָּׁיו2 Kings 1:94t.,חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶם2 Kings 1:14; —1absolutea.a fifty

Possible Meanings:
  • in battle array (semantic_range)
H0520 אַמָּה
Definition:

4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ 4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ

Possible Meanings:
  • nation (semantic_range)
H7341 רֹחַב
Definition:

2+, construct1 Kings 6:3+; suffixרָחְבּוֺExodus 25:10+,בָּהּ-Genesis 6:15+,רָחְבָּןEzekiel 42:11; —breadth, of land, +אֹרֶךְ= whole extent, expanse,Genesis 13:17(J), so׳רaloneIsaiah 8:8;מַיִם׳רJob 37: 2+, construct1 Kings 6:3+; suffixרָחְבּוֺExodus 25:10+,בָּהּ-Genesis 6:15+,רָחְבָּןEzekiel 42:11; —breadth, of land, +אֹרֶךְ= whole extent, expanse,Genesis 13:17(J), so׳רaloneIsaiah 8:8;מַיִם׳רJob 37:

Possible Meanings:
  • wide (semantic_range)
  • broad (semantic_range)
H7970 שְׁלוֹשִׁים
Definition:

174noun indeclinablethirty; —1before singular noun:אַמָּהGenesis 6:153t., +, withבָּאַמָּהExodus 26:83t.;שָׁנָה2 Samuel 5:412t. (age of paternity, of Levitical or royal duty, etc.),אִישׁJudges 14:193t 174noun indeclinablethirty; —1before singular noun:אַמָּהGenesis 6:153t., +, withבָּאַמָּהExodus 26:83t.;שָׁנָה2 Samuel 5:412t. (age of paternity, of Levitical or royal duty, etc.),אִישׁJudges 14:193t

H0520 אַמָּה
Definition:

4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ 4; DlPr 109MV derive immediately from √אמםbe wide (see above),אַמָּה=distance, & hence a particular distance,ell, cubit) —׳אabsoluteGenesis 6:15+; constructאַמַּתDeuteronomy 3:11;Jeremiah 51:13;dualאַ

Possible Meanings:
  • nation (semantic_range)
H6967 קוֹמָה
Definition:

18+,קֹמָהExodus 27:18; constructקוֺמַת1 Kings 6:26+; suffixקוֺמָתוֺ1 Kings 7:23+,קֹמָתוֺExodus 25:10+, etc.; —1height, of person,stature1 Samuel 16:7;Ezekiel 13:18;Songs 7:8;מְלֹאקֿוֺמָתוֺ1 Samuel 28: 18+,קֹמָהExodus 27:18; constructקוֺמַת1 Kings 6:26+; suffixקוֺמָתוֺ1 Kings 7:23+,קֹמָתוֺExodus 25:10+, etc.; —1height, of person,stature1 Samuel 16:7;Ezekiel 13:18;Songs 7:8;מְלֹאקֿוֺמָתוֺ1 Samuel 28:

H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H0702 אַרְבַּע
Definition:

: Aramaicאַרְבַּע,אַרְבְּעָה,,; Nabataeanארבע, Palmyreneארבע,ארבעא, Lzb367); —masculine148(c.noun feminine)אַרְבַּע(absolute or construct)Exodus 21:37+; alsoאַרְבַּ֑עLeviticus 11:20+; note (Baer Gi)Jo : Aramaicאַרְבַּע,אַרְבְּעָה,,; Nabataeanארבע, Palmyreneארבע,ארבעא, Lzb367); —masculine148(c.noun feminine)אַרְבַּע(absolute or construct)Exodus 21:37+; alsoאַרְבַּ֑עLeviticus 11:20+; note (Baer Gi)Jo

Possible Meanings:
  • four (semantic_range)
H2905 טוּר
Definition:

17row— absolute׳טExodus 28:179t.; constructid.Exodus 28:173t.; pluralטוּרִיםExodus 28:177t.;טֻרִים1 Kings 7:20; constructטוּרֵיExodus 39:102t.; —1row, courseof building-stones, in temple and in Solomo 17row— absolute׳טExodus 28:179t.; constructid.Exodus 28:173t.; pluralטוּרִיםExodus 28:177t.;טֻרִים1 Kings 7:20; constructטוּרֵיExodus 39:102t.; —1row, courseof building-stones, in temple and in Solomo

Possible Meanings:
  • mountain (semantic_range)
H5982 עַמּוּד
Definition:

15pillar, column; —עַמּוּדabsolute1 Kings 7:15+, constructExodus 13:21+;עַמֻּדabsoluteJeremiah 52:21, constructNumbers 14:14; suffixעַמּוּדוֺ2Chronicles 23:13; pluralעַמּוּדִים1 Kings 7:16+, less ofte 15pillar, column; —עַמּוּדabsolute1 Kings 7:15+, constructExodus 13:21+;עַמֻּדabsoluteJeremiah 52:21, constructNumbers 14:14; suffixעַמּוּדוֺ2Chronicles 23:13; pluralעַמּוּדִים1 Kings 7:16+, less ofte

H0730 אֶרֶז
Definition:

23cedar; —feminineEzekiel 17:22הָרָמָה׳א, but strike outהרמהᵐ5Co; — (Arabicpine-tree, etc.; EthiopicSyriac) —׳אabsoluteLeviticus 14:419t.,אָ֑רֶזJob 40:176t.; pluralאֲרָזִיסIsaiah 9:935t.; constructאַר 23cedar; —feminineEzekiel 17:22הָרָמָה׳א, but strike outהרמהᵐ5Co; — (Arabicpine-tree, etc.; EthiopicSyriac) —׳אabsoluteLeviticus 14:419t.,אָ֑רֶזJob 40:176t.; pluralאֲרָזִיסIsaiah 9:935t.; constructאַר

Possible Meanings:
  • cedar-tree (semantic_range)
  • cedar-timber (semantic_range)
  • cedar-wood (semantic_range)
  • cedar-wood (semantic_range)
H3773 כָּרֻתָה
Definition:

Passive participle feminine ofkarath; something cut, i.e. A hewn timber -- beam.see HEBREWkarathNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same askarath, q.v.Topical LexiconOccurrences and Immediate Con Passive participle feminine ofkarath; something cut, i.e. A hewn timber -- beam.see HEBREWkarathNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same askarath, q.v.Topical LexiconOccurrences and Immediate Con

H0730 אֶרֶז
Definition:

23cedar; —feminineEzekiel 17:22הָרָמָה׳א, but strike outהרמהᵐ5Co; — (Arabicpine-tree, etc.; EthiopicSyriac) —׳אabsoluteLeviticus 14:419t.,אָ֑רֶזJob 40:176t.; pluralאֲרָזִיסIsaiah 9:935t.; constructאַר 23cedar; —feminineEzekiel 17:22הָרָמָה׳א, but strike outהרמהᵐ5Co; — (Arabicpine-tree, etc.; EthiopicSyriac) —׳אabsoluteLeviticus 14:419t.,אָ֑רֶזJob 40:176t.; pluralאֲרָזִיסIsaiah 9:935t.; constructאַר

Possible Meanings:
  • cedar-tree (semantic_range)
  • cedar-timber (semantic_range)
  • cedar-wood (semantic_range)
  • cedar-wood (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H5982 עַמּוּד
Definition:

15pillar, column; —עַמּוּדabsolute1 Kings 7:15+, constructExodus 13:21+;עַמֻּדabsoluteJeremiah 52:21, constructNumbers 14:14; suffixעַמּוּדוֺ2Chronicles 23:13; pluralעַמּוּדִים1 Kings 7:16+, less ofte 15pillar, column; —עַמּוּדabsolute1 Kings 7:15+, constructExodus 13:21+;עַמֻּדabsoluteJeremiah 52:21, constructNumbers 14:14; suffixעַמּוּדוֺ2Chronicles 23:13; pluralעַמּוּדִים1 Kings 7:16+, less ofte

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