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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77127" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77127" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: ταμεῖον ''' (Strong'S #5009 Noun Neuter tameion tam-i'-on ) </div> <p> denotes, firstly, "a store-chamber," then, "any private room, secret chamber," Matthew 6:6; | <div> '''1: ταμεῖον ''' (Strong'S #5009 Noun Neuter tameion tam-i'-on ) </div> <p> denotes, firstly, "a store-chamber," then, "any private room, secret chamber," Matthew 6:6; RV, "inner chamber" (AV, "closet"); Matthew 24:26 , "inner (AV, secret) chambers;" Luke 12:3 , RV, ditto, for AV, "closets;" it is used in Luke 12:24 ("store-chamber") of birds. </p> <div> '''2: ὑπερῷον ''' (Strong'S #5253 Noun Neuter huperoon hoop-er-o'-on ) </div> <p> the neuter of huperoos, "above," denotes "an upper room, upper chamber" (huper, "above"), Acts 1:13; 9:37,39; 20:8 . See Room. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99339" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99339" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Apartments in a lodging house. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) A chamber pot. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; - formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. </p> <p> '''(13):''' (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. </p> <p> '''(14):''' (v. i.) To be lascivious. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69878" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69878" /> == | ||
<p> '''Chamber.''' Genesis 43:30. Usually, the private apartments of a house are called chambers. 2 Samuel 18:33; Psalms 19:5; Daniel 6:10. [[Particular]] rooms of this class in Eastern houses were designated by significant terms. </p> <p> Guest-chamber. Mark 14:14. This we may suppose to have been a spacious unoccupied room, usually in the upper part of the house, and furnished suitably for the reception and entertainment of guests and for social meetings. The proverbial hospitality of the [[Jews]] would make such provision necessary, and especially at Jerusalem, in festival seasons, when every house in the city was the stranger's home. Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12; Acts 1:13. </p> <p> [[Inner]] Chamber. 2 Kings 9:2. | <p> '''Chamber.''' Genesis 43:30. Usually, the private apartments of a house are called chambers. 2 Samuel 18:33; Psalms 19:5; Daniel 6:10. [[Particular]] rooms of this class in Eastern houses were designated by significant terms. </p> <p> Guest-chamber. Mark 14:14. This we may suppose to have been a spacious unoccupied room, usually in the upper part of the house, and furnished suitably for the reception and entertainment of guests and for social meetings. The proverbial hospitality of the [[Jews]] would make such provision necessary, and especially at Jerusalem, in festival seasons, when every house in the city was the stranger's home. Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12; Acts 1:13. </p> <p> [[Inner]] Chamber. 2 Kings 9:2. A chamber within another chamber. </p> <p> Little Chamber. 2 Kings 4:10. An apartment built upon and projecting from the walls of the main house, and communicating by a private door with the house, and by a private stairway with the street. </p> <p> Upper Chamber, or Loft, Acts 9:37, occupied the front part of the building, over the gate or outer entrance, and was used to lodge strangers. Comp. 1 Kings 17:19; 1 Kings 17:23 with 2 Kings 4:10. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39409" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39409" /> == | ||
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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197658" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197658" /> == | ||
<p> Proverbs 7:27 (b) | <p> Proverbs 7:27 (b) A description of the departments in hell where sinners are punished according to their deserts. </p> <p> Song of Solomon 1:4 (c) The different experiences of blessing in the [[Christian]] life are compared to chambers in the palace of the king. </p> <p> Isaiah 26:20 (b) This refers to those times in the believer's life when he retires from the busy public life to be alone with the Lord. </p> <p> Matthew 24:26 (b) Here is indicated that rumors should spread abroad that our Lord had hidden Himself in some secret place on earth in order to appear suddenly in judgment. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71974" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71974" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50268" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50268" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> CHAMBER </strong> . Now obsolescent, is used by AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in a variety of connexions where modern usage employs ‘room,’ as <em> e.g. </em> ‘bed-chamber,’ ‘upper chamber,’ etc. See, generally. House. For the [[Temple]] chambers, see Temple. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55505" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55505" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> CHAMBER. </b> —See Closet, and Guest-Chamber. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80512" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80512" /> == | ||
<p> See [[Upper | <p> See [[Upper Room]] . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2169" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2169" /> == | ||
