2315. cheder
Strong's Lexicon
cheder: Room, chamber, inner room

Original Word: חֶדֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: cheder
Pronunciation: kheh'-der
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-der)
Definition: Room, chamber, inner room
Meaning: an apartment

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to surround or enclose

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5009 ταμεῖον (tameion): Refers to an inner room or secret chamber, used in the New Testament to describe a private place for prayer (e.g., Matthew 6:6).

Usage: The Hebrew word "cheder" primarily refers to an enclosed space, such as a room or chamber. It is often used in the context of private or inner rooms within a house or building. The term can denote a place of intimacy, secrecy, or privacy, often associated with personal or family life.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, homes were typically simple structures with multiple rooms serving various functions. The "cheder" would be an inner room, possibly used for sleeping, storage, or private family gatherings. It was a place set apart from the public areas of the home, reflecting the value placed on privacy and family life in ancient Near Eastern societies.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chadar
Definition
a chamber, room
NASB Translation
bedroom (3), bedroom* (5), chamber (1), chambers (4), inner chamber (1), inner room (5), innermost (1), innermost parts (3), inside* (1), room (5), rooms (4), south (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֶ֫דֶר noun masculine1Chronicles 28:11 chamber, room (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חדר, חדרת; Sabean חֿדר MordtZMG, 1876, 24; Ethiopic ** is not 'chamber,' but (from √ dwell) dwelling-place, abode, tent.) — absolute חֶדֶר 2 Samuel 13:10 11t.; הַחַ֫דְרָה Genesis 43:20; 1 Kings 1:15; הֶחָ֑דְרָה Judges 15:1; 2 Samuel 13:10; construct חֶ֫דֶר Songs 3:4; חֲדֶר Exodus 7:28 5t.; suffix חֶדְרוֺ Joel 2:16; plural חֲדָרִים Deuteronomy 32:25; Proverbs 24:4; construct חַדְרֵי Proverbs 7:27 8t.; suffix חֲדָרֶיךָ Isaiah 26:20; חֲדָרָיו Songs 1:4; 1 Chronicles 28:11; — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Genesis 43:30 (J), Judges 15:1; Judges 16:9,12; 2 Samuel 13:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:15; Songs 1:4; Isaiah 26:20; Judges 14:18 read probably הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה StaZAW 1884, 253, compare Joel 2:16 ("" חֻמָּתָהּ of bride), הוֺרָתִי ׳ח Songs 3:4 ("" בֵּית אִמִּי); of kings (of Egypt) Psalm 105:30; specifically: מִשְׁכָּב ׳ח bed-chamber Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:20; other combinations: — הַמְּקֵרָה ׳ח Judges 3:24 = cool chamber; הַמְּנִימִים ׳ח 1 Chronicles 28:11 inner chamber; חדרי מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ Ezekiel 8:12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ׳בְּח ׳ח a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1 Kings 20:30; 1 Kings 22:25 2Chronicles 18:24; 2 Kings 9:2; plural = store-rooms Proverbs 24:4; so הַמִּטּוֺת ׳ח 2 Kings 11:2 2Chronicles 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor ׳ח מָ֑וֶת Proverbs 7:27 ("" דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֺל); חדרי תֵּמָן Job 9:9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, see Di; Hoffm. thinks of proper name of star or constellation); compare Job 37:9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (סוּפָה); חַדְרֵי בֶטֶן i.e. inner parts of body, only figurative Proverbs 18:8 = Proverbs 26:22; Proverbs 20:27,30; in Deuteronomy 32:25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poetic for מִבַּיִת, "" מִחוּץ without.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
inner chamber, innermost part, parlor, south, within

From chadar; an apartment (usually literal) -- ((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within.

see HEBREW chadar

Forms and Transliterations
בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י בְּחֶ֖דֶר בְּחַדְרֵ֣י בְּחָֽדֶר׃ בֶּחָ֑דֶר בַּחֲדַ֣ר בַּחֲדַ֥ר בַּחֶ֔דֶר בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ בחדר בחדר׃ בחדרי בחדריך הֶחָ֑דְרָה הֶחָֽדְרָה׃ הַ֭חֶדֶר הַחֶ֔דֶר הַחַ֔דְרָה הַחַ֖דְרָה החדר החדרה החדרה׃ וְחַדְרֵ֥י וַחֲדָרָ֥יו וּבְחַדְרֵי֙ וּבַחֲדַ֥ר וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖ים ובחדר ובחדרי וחדרי וחדריו ומחדרים חֲדָרִ֣ים חֲדָרָ֗יו חֶ֖דֶר חֶ֥דֶר חַדְרֵי־ חדר חדרי־ חדריו חדרים מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ מחדרו ḇa·ḥă·ḏā·re·ḵā ba·ḥă·ḏar ba·ḥe·ḏer bachaDar baCheder baḥăḏar ḇaḥăḏāreḵā baḥeḏer be·ḥā·ḏer bə·ḥā·ḏer bə·ḥaḏ·rê bə·ḥe·ḏer beChader bechadRei beCheder beḥāḏer bəḥāḏer bəḥaḏrê bəḥeḏer chadaRav chadaRim chadrei Cheder ḥă·ḏā·rāw ḥă·ḏā·rîm ha·ḥaḏ·rāh ha·ḥe·ḏer haChadrah hacheDer ḥaḏ·rê- ḥăḏārāw ḥăḏārîm ḥaḏrê- haḥaḏrāh haḥeḏer ḥe·ḏer he·ḥā·ḏə·rāh heChaderah ḥeḏer heḥāḏərāh mê·ḥeḏ·rōw mechedRo mêḥeḏrōw ū·ḇa·ḥă·ḏar ū·ḇə·ḥaḏ·rê ū·mê·ḥă·ḏā·rîm ūḇaḥăḏar ūḇəḥaḏrê umechadaRim ūmêḥăḏārîm uvachaDar uvechadRei vachadaRav vachadaReicha vechadRei wa·ḥă·ḏā·rāw waḥăḏārāw wə·ḥaḏ·rê wəḥaḏrê
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Genesis 43:30
HEB: לִבְכּ֑וֹת וַיָּבֹ֥א הַחַ֖דְרָה וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ שָֽׁמָּה׃
NAS: and he entered his chamber and wept
KJV: and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept
INT: weep entered his chamber and wept there

Exodus 8:3
HEB: וּבָ֣אוּ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וּבַחֲדַ֥ר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖ וְעַל־
NAS: into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed,
INT: and go your house chamber bed and on

Deuteronomy 32:25
HEB: תְּשַׁכֶּל־ חֶ֔רֶב וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖ים אֵימָ֑ה גַּם־
KJV: and terror within, shall destroy
INT: will bereave the sword within terror again

Judges 3:24
HEB: אֶת־ רַגְלָ֖יו בַּחֲדַ֥ר הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃
NAS: relieving himself in the cool room.
KJV: his feet in his summer chamber.
INT: he his feet room the cool

Judges 15:1
HEB: אֶל־ אִשְׁתִּ֖י הֶחָ֑דְרָה וְלֹֽא־ נְתָנ֥וֹ
NAS: in to my wife in [her] room. But her father
KJV: to my wife into the chamber. But her father
INT: to my wife in room did not let

Judges 16:9
HEB: יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו
NAS: [men] lying in wait in an inner room. And she said
KJV: abiding with her in the chamber. And she said
INT: lying had an inner said to him

Judges 16:12
HEB: וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב יֹשֵׁ֣ב בֶּחָ֑דֶר וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛ם מֵעַ֥ל
NAS: For the [men] were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped
KJV: abiding in the chamber. And he brake
INT: the were lying abiding the inner snapped from

2 Samuel 4:7
HEB: עַל־ מִטָּתוֹ֙ בַּחֲדַ֣ר מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙
NAS: on his bed in his bedroom, they struck
INT: on his bed chamber bed struck

2 Samuel 13:10
HEB: הָבִ֤יאִי הַבִּרְיָה֙ הַחֶ֔דֶר וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה מִיָּדֵ֑ךְ
NAS: the food into the bedroom, that I may eat
KJV: the meat into the chamber, that I may eat
INT: Bring the food the bedroom may eat your hand

2 Samuel 13:10
HEB: לְאַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ הֶחָֽדְרָה׃
NAS: and brought them into the bedroom to her brother
KJV: and brought [them] into the chamber to Amnon
INT: Amnon to her brother the bedroom

1 Kings 1:15
HEB: אֶל־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַחַ֔דְרָה וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ זָקֵ֣ן
NAS: in to the king in the bedroom. Now the king
KJV: unto the king into the chamber: and the king
INT: to the king the bedroom now the king old

1 Kings 20:30
HEB: אֶל־ הָעִ֖יר חֶ֥דֶר בְּחָֽדֶר׃ ס
NAS: into the city into an inner chamber.
KJV: into the city, into an inner chamber.
INT: into the city an inner chamber

1 Kings 20:30
HEB: הָעִ֖יר חֶ֥דֶר בְּחָֽדֶר׃ ס
NAS: into the city into an inner chamber.
KJV: into the city, into an inner chamber.
INT: the city an inner chamber

1 Kings 22:25
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֛א חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽה׃
NAS: when you enter an inner room to hide
KJV: when thou shalt go into an inner chamber
INT: when enter an inner room to hide

1 Kings 22:25
HEB: תָּבֹ֛א חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽה׃
NAS: an inner room to hide
KJV: into an inner chamber to hide
INT: enter an inner room to hide

2 Kings 6:12
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּ֖ר בַּחֲדַ֥ר מִשְׁכָּבֶֽךָ׃
NAS: that you speak in your bedroom.
INT: who you speak chamber bed

2 Kings 9:2
HEB: וְהֵבֵיאתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ חֶ֥דֶר בְּחָֽדֶר׃
NAS: and bring him to an inner room.
KJV: and carry him to an inner chamber;
INT: his brothers and bring to an inner room

2 Kings 9:2
HEB: אֹת֖וֹ חֶ֥דֶר בְּחָֽדֶר׃
NAS: and bring him to an inner room.
KJV: and carry him to an inner chamber;
INT: and bring to an inner room

2 Kings 11:2
HEB: וְאֶת־ מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ
NAS: him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid
INT: put and his nurse chamber bed and placed

1 Chronicles 28:11
HEB: וְגַנְזַכָּ֧יו וַעֲלִיֹּתָ֛יו וַחֲדָרָ֥יו הַפְּנִימִ֖ים וּבֵ֥ית
NAS: its inner rooms and the room
KJV: thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place
INT: storehouses upper rooms inner and the room

2 Chronicles 18:24
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּב֛וֹא חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽא׃
NAS: when you enter an inner room to hide
KJV: when thou shalt go into an inner chamber
INT: when enter an inner room to hide

2 Chronicles 18:24
HEB: תָּב֛וֹא חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽא׃
NAS: an inner room to hide
KJV: into an inner chamber to hide
INT: enter an inner room to hide

2 Chronicles 22:11
HEB: וְאֶת־ מֵֽינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ
NAS: him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath,
INT: and placed and his nurse chamber bed be absent

Job 9:9
HEB: כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃
NAS: and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
KJV: and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
INT: Orion and the Pleiades and the chambers of the south

Job 37:9
HEB: מִן־ הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה
NAS: Out of the south comes the storm,
KJV: Out of the south cometh the whirlwind:
INT: Out of the south comes the storm

38 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2315
38 Occurrences


ba·ḥă·ḏar — 5 Occ.
ba·ḥe·ḏer — 1 Occ.
be·ḥā·ḏer — 3 Occ.
bə·ḥaḏ·rê — 2 Occ.
bə·ḥe·ḏer — 2 Occ.
ḥă·ḏā·rāw — 1 Occ.
ḥă·ḏā·rîm — 1 Occ.
ḥaḏ·rê- — 5 Occ.
ḥe·ḏer — 5 Occ.
ha·ḥaḏ·rāh — 2 Occ.
ha·ḥe·ḏer — 2 Occ.
he·ḥā·ḏə·rāh — 2 Occ.
mê·ḥeḏ·rōw — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·ḥă·ḏā·rîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇa·ḥă·ḏar — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḥaḏ·rê — 1 Occ.
wa·ḥă·ḏā·rāw — 1 Occ.
ḇa·ḥă·ḏā·re·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥaḏ·rê — 1 Occ.
















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