STRONGS NUMBER H1965


Word Summary
hekal: a palace, temple
Original Word: הֵיכַל
Transliteration: hekal
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-kal')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a palace, temple
Meaning: a large public building, palace, temple
Strong's Concordance
palace, temple

(Aramaic) corresponding to heykal -- palace, temple.

see HEBREW heykal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1965. hekal

[הֵיכַל‎] noun masculine palace, temple (Assyrian loan-word; Biblical Hebrew; also Palmyrene היכלא‎ and הכלא‎ Lzb259 SAC43); — emphatic הֵיכְלָאEzra 4:14 +; construct הֵיכַלDaniel 4:26; suffix לִי הֵיכְּ4:1, לֵהּ‎- 6:19; —

1 place of king Daniel 4:1; 4:26; 5:5; 6:19; Ezra 4:14 (see מְלַח‎).

2 temple:

a. in Jerusalem Daniel 5:2-3, Ezra 5:14 a.; 5:15; 6:5 (twice in verse).

b. in Babylon Ezra 5:14 b.c.