Hall (of pillars)
אוּלָםStrong’s H0197ulam (u-lam)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ulam is the Hebrew word usually translated “porch of”, “porch” and “like the porch”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the porch 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.”
Meaning
- A hall or porch in Solomon's palace
- A hall in Solomon's palace
- A hall or porch in Solomon's temple
- A hall or porch of the temple
How it's translated
- porch of 11
- the porch 8
- and the porch 2
- and porch of 2
- to porch of 2
- and a porch 1
- to the porch 1
- like the porch 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 15
- 1 Kings 7
- 2 Chronicles 5
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Joel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 7:6And he made a porch 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 7:7Then he made a porch 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 7:8And 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.
- 1 Kings 7:12And 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 of the house.
- 1 Kings 7:19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:21And he set up the pillars in the porch 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּלָם ulam · Hall (of pillars)
A hall or porch in Solomon's palace
אוּלָם ulam · Hall (of Justice)
A hall in Solomon's palace
אוּלָם ulam · Hall (of the Throne)
A hall or porch in Solomon's temple
אוּלָם ulam · Portico
A hall or porch of the temple
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “porch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PORCH, noun
[Latin porticus, from porta, a gate, entrance or passage, or from portus, a shelter.]
- In architecture, a kind of vestibule supported by columns at the entrance of temples, halls, churches or other buildings.
- A portico; a covered walk.
- By way of distinction, the porch was a public portico in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.