Lexical Definition

‎לִשְׁכָּה‎ lishkâh (lish-kaw') chamber H:N-F
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

chamber, parlour. Compare ‎נִשְׁכָּה‎.

1) room, chamber, hall, cell

See Greek: αὐλή · γαζοφυλάκιον · θησαυρός · κατάλυμα · οἶκος

Usage: 35 forms in 47 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת from room of Jer.36.21
לִשְׁכָּ֣ה a room Neh.13.5
לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה room towards 1Sam.9.22
לִשְׁכַּת֙ room of 2Kgs.23.11
לִשְׁכַּ֣ת room of Jer.35.4 • Jer.36.12
לִשְׁכַּ֗ת room of Jer.35.4
לִשְׁכַּ֖ת room of Ezra.10.6
לִשְׁכ֣וֹת store-rooms of Neh.10.37
לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת rooms of Ezek.42.13
לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת rooms of Ezek.40.44 • Ezek.42.13 • Ezek.42.13
לְשָׁכוֹת֙ rooms Ezek.40.17
לְשָׁכֽוֹת rooms Ezek.42.10
לְשָׁכֹֽת rooms Ezek.45.5
לְשָׁכ֛וֹת rooms 2Chr.31.11
לְשָׁכ֖וֹת rooms Ezek.40.17
לְלִשְׁכַּ֛ת room of Jer.35.4
וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה and a room Ezek.40.38
וְהַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה and the room Ezek.40.46
וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת and the rooms Ezek.42.5
הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה the room Neh.13.8
הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה the room Ezek.40.45 • Ezek.42.1
הַלִּשְׁכ֤וֹת the rooms of Ezek.46.19
הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת the rooms of Ezra.8.29
הַלְּשָׁכ֣וֹת the rooms Ezek.42.9
הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת the rooms Ezek.41.10 • Ezek.42.4
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת the rooms Ezek.42.8 • Ezek.42.11 • Ezek.42.12
הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת the rooms 1Chr.28.12
the store-rooms Neh.10.38
הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת the rooms Ezek.42.7
the store-rooms 1Chr.9.26 • 1Chr.23.28
הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת the rooms Jer.35.2 • Ezek.42.7
the store-rooms Neh.13.9
הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹת the store-rooms Neh.10.39
בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת in the rooms 1Chr.9.33
בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת over store-room of Neh.13.4
בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת in room of Jer.36.10
בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת in room of Jer.36.20
בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣ת in rooms of Ezek.44.19

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לִשְׁכָּה‎ noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. ᵑ7 ‎לִשְׁכְּתָא‎; compare also ‎נִשְׁכָּה‎; on the lishka see NowArchaeology ii. 37, 52, 79; BoGeogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.) compare Greek λέσχη, compare RsSemitic i. 236 (2nd ed. 254) and elsewhere); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Ezek 40:38 +; construct ‎לִשְׁכַּת‎ 2Kgs 23:11 +; with ‎ה‎ locative ‎לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה‎ 1Sam 9:22 plural ‎לְשָׁכוֺת‎ Ezek 40:17 +; construct ‎לִשְׁכוֺת‎ Neh 10:38* +; —

1. a. of room connected with a sanctuary (‎בָּמָה‎), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1Sam 9:22, insert also probably 1Sam 1:18 (ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Bu).
b. connected with Solomon's temple, where wine offered to Rechabites Jer 35:2; Jer 35:4 compare vJer 35:4 vJer 35:4 one where prophecy read Jer 36:10 (both these apparently open, compare GieJer 35:2); compare ‎לִשְׁכַּת נְתַןמֶֿלֶךְ הַסָּרִיס ֗֗֗ בַּפַּרְוָרִים‎ 2Kgs 23:11 used of Levites' cells 1Chr 9:33 = store-rooms v1Chr 9:26 (|| ‎אֹצָרוֺת‎), 1Chr 23:28; 1Chr 28:12; 2Chr 31:11.
c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezek 40:17 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:38; Ezek 40:44; Ezek 40:45; Ezek 40:46 + Ezek 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), Ezek 42:1; Ezek 42:4; Ezek 42:7; Ezek 42:8; Ezek 42:11 + vEzek 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare ‎הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎הַלְּ‎ Ezek 42:5 (see vEzek 42:3), (Ezek 45:5 read ‎עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת‎ ᵐ5 Sm Co SgfrKauAT Bthl); ‎הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ for sacred uses Ezek 42:13 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 44:19; Ezek 46:19.
d. in second temple, as store-rooms Ezra 8:29; Neh 10:38*; Neh 10:39* (|| ‎בֵּית הָאוֺצָר‎), v.Neh 10:40* used by individuals Ezra 10:6; Neh 13:5 (‎גְּדוֺלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎), vNeh 13:8, in general vNeh 13:4 vNeh 13:9.

2. of scribe's room in royal palace Jer 36:12; Jer 36:20; Jer 36:21.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
1 Samuel 1:18 · 9:22
2 Kings 23:11
1 Chronicles 9:26 · 9:33 · 23:28 · 28:12
2 Chronicles 31:11
Ezra 8:29 · 10:6
Nehemiah 10:38* · 10:39* · 10:40* · 13:4 · 13:5 · 13:8 · 13:9
Jeremiah 35:2 · 35:4 · 36:10 · 36:12 · 36:20 · 36:21
Ezekiel 40:17 · 40:38 · 40:44 · 40:45 · 40:46 · 41:10 · 42:1 · 42:3 · 42:4 · 42:5 · 42:7 · 42:8 · 42:11 · 42:12 · 42:13 · 44:19 · 45:5 · 46:19