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Strong's H2315 חֶדֶר (cheder)

Cheder means “parlour” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2315 — theopneustos (“given by inspiration of God”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2315
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 33
Books 17

Strong's H2315 Quick Answer

Strong's H2315 חֶדֶר (cheder) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cheder (kheh'-der) n-m. 1. an apartment (usually literal) [from H2314] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include chamber, chambers, inner, bed, and innermost. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cheder (kheh'-der) n-m. 1. an apartment (usually literal) [from H2314]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
chamber, chambers, inner, bed, and innermost

Meaning and Definition

cheder (kheh'-der) n-m. 1. an apartment (usually literal) [from H2314] KJV: ((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within. Root(s): H2314

Original Word
חֶדֶר
Transliteration
cheder
Derivation
Root: חדר First root strongs: 2314
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2315. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2315 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cheder, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

chamber Judges 3:24 chambers Job 9:9 inner 1 Kings 20:30 bed Exodus 8:3 innermost Proverbs 18:8 parts Proverbs 20:27

How Strong's H2315 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2315 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2315 in the Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 43:30 KJV

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Exodus 8:3 KJV

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

Deuteronomy 32:25 KJV

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2315.

Genesis 43:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Exodus 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Deuteronomy 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Judges 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Judges 15:1 Old Testament, KJV
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Judges 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Judges 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
2 Samuel 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
1 Kings 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
1 Kings 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
1 Kings 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
2 Kings 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
2 Kings 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
2 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
1 Chronicles 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, 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 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
Job 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Job 37:9 Old Testament, KJV
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Psalms 105:30 Old Testament, KJV
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Proverbs 7:27 Old Testament, KJV
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:27 Old Testament, KJV
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Song of Solomon 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Song of Solomon 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Isaiah 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Ezekiel 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Joel 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2315, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2315 FAQ

What does cheder (חֶדֶר) mean?

Cheder (Strong's H2315) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "parlour". cheder (kheh'-der) n-m. 1. an apartment (usually literal) [from H2314]

How many times is cheder (חֶדֶר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H2315 across 17 books.

Where can I study cheder (חֶדֶר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2315 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cheder (חֶדֶר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chamber, chambers, inner, bed, innermost, and parts. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.