HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2646
חֻפָּה
chup.pah — canopy
1) chamber, room, canopy, closet 1a) canopy 1b) chamber 1c) divine protection (fig.)
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Closet
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G21213
ταμιεῖον
tamieion — chamber, closet
1. a treasury , (Thucydides), etc. 2. a magazine , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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δόμος
domos — a layer
1. Lat. domus: 2. a house , (Homer), etc.: also part of a house, a room, chamber , (Odyssey by Homer):—; hence in plural for a house , (Homer): a wasps' or bees' nest , (Iliad by Homer) 5. κέδρινοι δόμοι a closet or chest of cedar, (Euripides) 6. the house , i. e. the household, family , [variant datesTragica Adespota:—;also one's father's house , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 7. a layer or course of stone or bricks in a building, διὰ τριήκοντα δόμων πλίνθου at every thirtieth layer of brick, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.