H6532 פֹּרֶכֶת (pôreketh) po-reh'-keth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

curtain

Strong's Definition

a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen

Derivation: feminine active participle of the same as H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ);

KJV Usage: vail.

TWOT Reference: 1818a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) curtain, veil

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2665

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פָּרֹ֫כֶת (po.re.khet) — curtain. curtain, veil

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פָּרֹכֶת (H6532)

noun f

Furnishings

curtain = a relatively large piece of cloth, woven by a craftsman with costly materials, ► separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the sanctuary, and covering the Ark of the Covenant when it was being moved

EXO 26:31 · EXO 26:33 · EXO 26:33 · EXO 26:33 · EXO 26:35 · EXO 27:21 · EXO 30:6 · EXO 35:12 · EXO 36:35 · EXO 38:27 · EXO 39:34 · EXO 40:3 · EXO 40:21 · EXO 40:22 · EXO 40:26 · LEV 4:6 · LEV 4:17 · LEV 16:2 · LEV 16:12 · LEV 16:15 · LEV 21:23 · LEV 24:3 · NUM 4:5 · NUM 18:7 · 2CH 3:14

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פָּרֹ֫כֶת 25 n.f. curtain, before Most Holy Place, in tabern. (P) (prop. that which habitually shuts off) base

Bible Occurrences (23)

26:31 26:33 26:35 27:21 30:6 35:12 36:35 38:27 39:34 40:3 40:21 40:22 40:26

4:6 4:17 16:2 16:12 16:15 21:23 24:3

4:5 18:7

3:14

Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it -.

Exodus 26:33

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place... from the Most Holy Place....

Exodus 26:35

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 27:21

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that [is] in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites... for the generations to come.

Exodus 30:6

Place [the altar] in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony— where I will meet with you....

Exodus 35:12

the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

Exodus 36:35

Next, he made the veil [of] blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun linen, [with] cherubim skillfully worked [into it].

Exodus 38:27

The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil— 100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.