Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of “שֻׁלְחָן”

Understanding shulchân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

table. - a table (as spread out) - by implication, a meal 1) table 1a) table 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred u...

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H7979

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

שֻׁלְחָן

Phoneticshool-khawn'

Transliterationshulchân

Grammar Code

H:N-M

Hebrew Noun, Masculine

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

table. - a table (as spread out) - by implication, a meal 1) table 1a) table 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses

Scripture References

62 total references

Reference	Text
Exodus 37:10	“And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:” Word: שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân)
Judges 1:7	“And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.” Word: שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân)
1 Kings 10:5	“And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.” Word: שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân)
2 Chronicles 9:4	“And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.” Word: שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân)
Psalms 78:19	“Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?” Word: שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân)