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Strong's H7979 שֻׁלְחָן (shulchan)

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

Strong's Number H7979
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 62
Books 18

Strong's H7979 Quick Answer

Strong's H7979 שׁוּלחָן (shulchan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shulchan (shool-khawn') n-m. 1. a table (as spread out) 2. (by implication) a meal It has 62 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include table. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shulchan (shool-khawn') n-m. 1. a table (as spread out) 2. (by implication) a meal
Usage
62 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
table

Meaning and Definition

shulchan (shool-khawn') n-m. 1. a table (as spread out) 2. (by implication) a meal [from H7971] KJV: table. Root(s): H7971

Original Word
שׁוּלחָן
Transliteration
shulchan
Derivation
Root: שׁלח First root strongs: 7971
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7979. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7979 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shulchan, 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.

table Exodus 25:23 54×

How Strong's H7979 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 62 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7979 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 H7979 in the Old Testament

62 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 25:23 KJV

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Exodus 25:27 KJV

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

Exodus 25:28 KJV

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Usage Excerpts

First 62 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7979.

Exodus 25:23 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Exodus 25:27 Old Testament, KJV
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
Exodus 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Exodus 25:30 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Exodus 26:35 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
Exodus 30:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
Exodus 31:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
Exodus 35:13 Old Testament, KJV
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
Exodus 37:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
Exodus 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
Exodus 37:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Exodus 37:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
Exodus 39:36 Old Testament, KJV
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
Exodus 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
Exodus 40:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
Exodus 40:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Leviticus 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
Numbers 3:31 Old Testament, KJV
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
Numbers 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
Judges 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
1 Samuel 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel 20:34 Old Testament, KJV
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
2 Samuel 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Samuel 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
2 Samuel 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
2 Samuel 19:28 Old Testament, KJV
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
1 Kings 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings 4:27 Old Testament, KJV
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
1 Kings 7:48 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
1 Kings 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
1 Kings 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
2 Kings 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
1 Chronicles 28:16 Old Testament, KJV
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
2 Chronicles 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
2 Chronicles 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
2 Chronicles 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 29:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Nehemiah 5:17 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Job 36:16 Old Testament, KJV
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Psalms 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalms 69:22 Old Testament, KJV
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms 78:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psalms 128:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Proverbs 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Isaiah 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Isaiah 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
Isaiah 65:11 Old Testament, KJV
But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
Ezekiel 23:41 Old Testament, KJV
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Ezekiel 39:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 40:39 Old Testament, KJV
And in the porch 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 of the gate, were two tables.
Ezekiel 40:41 Old Testament, KJV
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
Ezekiel 40:42 Old Testament, KJV
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Ezekiel 40:43 Old Testament, KJV
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Ezekiel 41:22 Old Testament, KJV
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
Ezekiel 44:16 Old Testament, KJV
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
Daniel 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
Malachi 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Malachi 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7979, grouped by book.

Exodus 16 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7979 FAQ

What does shulchan (שֻׁלְחָן) mean?

Shulchan (Strong's H7979) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "table". shulchan (shool-khawn') n-m. 1. a table (as spread out) 2. (by implication) a meal

How many times is shulchan (שֻׁלְחָן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 62 linked usages for Strong's H7979 across 18 books.

Where can I study shulchan (שֻׁלְחָן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7979 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shulchan (שֻׁלְחָן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as table. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.