ʼûwlâm — H197

Definition

masculine noun

a vestibule (as bound to the building)

1. porch
1. in Solomon's temple
2. in Solomon's palace
3. in temple of Ezekiel's vision

Usually translated as

porch

Origin

or (shortened), ʼulâm ; from H481 (in the sense of tying)

• Derived from ʼâlam (H481)

Greek equivalents

• naós (G3485)
• plḗn (G4133)

Occurrences

ʼûwlâm occurs 34 times in 29 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (7), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (5), Ezekiel (15), Joel (1)

• 1 Kings 6:3 — And the porch (וְהָאוּלָ֗ם) before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
• 1 Kings 7:6 — And he made a porch (אוּלָ֤ם) of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
• 1 Kings 7:6 — And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch (וְאוּלָם֙) was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
• 1 Kings 7:7 — Then he made a porch (וְאוּלָ֤ם) for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
• 1 Kings 7:7 — Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch (אֻלָ֥ם) of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
• 1 Kings 7:8 — And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch (לָֽאוּלָ֔ם), which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
• 1 Kings 7:8 — And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch (כָּאוּלָ֖ם).
• 1 Kings 7:12 — And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch (וּלְאֻלָ֥ם) of the house.
• 1 Kings 7:19 — And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch (בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם), four cubits.
• 1 Kings 7:21 — And he set up the pillars in the porch (לְאֻלָ֖ם) of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
• 1 Chronicles 28:11 — Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch (הָאוּלָם֩), and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
• 2 Chronicles 3:4 — And the porch (וְהָאוּלָ֡ם) that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
• 2 Chronicles 8:12 — Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch (הָאוּלָֽם),
• 2 Chronicles 15:8 — And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch (אוּלָ֥ם) of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 29:7 — Also they have shut up the doors of the porch (הָאוּלָ֗ם), and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 29:17 — Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch (לְאוּלָ֣ם) of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
• Ezekiel 8:16 — And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch (הָֽאוּלָם֙) and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Ezekiel 40:7 — And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch (אוּלָ֥ם) of the gate within was one reed.
• Ezekiel 40:8 — He measured also the porch (אֻלָ֥ם) of the gate within, one reed.
• Ezekiel 40:9 — Then measured he the porch (אֻלָ֤ם) of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
• Ezekiel 40:9 — Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch (וְאֻלָ֥ם) of the gate was inward.
• Ezekiel 40:15 — And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch (אֻלָ֥ם) of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:39 — And in the porch (וּבְאֻלָ֣ם) of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
• Ezekiel 40:40 — And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch (לְאֻלָ֣ם) of the gate, were two tables.
• Ezekiel 40:48 — And he brought me to the porch (אֻלָ֣ם) of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
• Ezekiel 40:48 — And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch (אֻלָ֔ם), five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
• Ezekiel 40:49 — The length of the porch (הָאֻלָ֞ם) was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
• Ezekiel 41:15 — And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches (וְאֻֽלַמֵּ֖י) of the court;
• Ezekiel 41:25 — And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch (הָאוּלָ֖ם) without.
• Ezekiel 41:26 — And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch (הָֽאוּלָ֑ם), and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
• Ezekiel 44:3 — It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch (אֻלָ֤ם) of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
• Ezekiel 46:2 — And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch (אוּלָ֨ם) of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
• Ezekiel 46:8 — And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch (אוּלָ֤ם) of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch (הָאוּלָם֙) and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?