H361 - אֵילָם (ʼêylâm)

H361 אֵילָם (ʼêylâm) ay-lawm'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

arches

Strong's Definition

a pillar-space (or colonnade), i.e. a pale (or portico)

Derivation: or (shortened) אֵלָם ; or (feminine) אֵלַמָּה ; probably from H352 (אַיִל);

KJV Usage: arch.

TWOT Reference: 45j

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) porch, vestibule, portico

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1639

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

porch, vestibule, portico

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֵלַמָּה / אֵלָם / אֵילָם êylâm / êlâm / êlammâh BDB Definition: 1) porch, vestibule, portico Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from H352 Same Word by TWOT Number: 45j Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (12)

40:16 40:21 40:22 40:24 40:25 40:26 40:29 40:30 40:31 40:33 40:34 40:36

Ezekiel 40:16

The gate chambers... and their side pillars had beveled windows all around...... the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around... on the inside.... Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:21

Its three gate chambers on each side,...... its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing... east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

Ezekiel 40:24

Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:25

Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around..., like the other windows. [It was] fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:26

Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.......

Ezekiel 40:29

Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around...; it [was] fifty cubits long and twenty-five... cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:30

The porticoes around [the inner court] [were] twenty-five... cubits long and five cubits deep.