Meaning of “hall”

1. Hall — (Gr. aule, Luke 22:55; R.V., "court"), the open court or quadrangle belonging to the high priest's house. In Matt. 26:69 and Mark 14:66 this word is incorrectly rendered "palace" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "court" in the Revised Version. In John 10:1,16 it means a "sheep-fold." In Matt. 27:27 and Mark 15:16 (A.V., "common hall;" R.V., "palace") it refers to the proetorium or residence of the Roman governor at Jerusalem. The "porch" in Matt. 26:71 is the entrance-hall or passage leading into the central court, which is open to the sky.

2. Hallel — praise, the name given to the group of Psalms 113-118, which are preeminently psalms of praise. It is called "The Egyptian Hallel," because it was chanted in the temple whilst the Passover lambs were being slain. It was chanted also on other festival occasions, as at Pentecost, the feast of Tabernacles, and the feast of Dedication. The Levites, standing before the altar, chanted it verse by verse, the people responding by repeating the verses or by intoned hallelujahs. It was also chanted in private families at the feast of Passover. This was probably the hymn which our Saviour and his disciples sung at the conclusion of the Passover supper kept by them in the upper room at Jerusalem (Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26). There is also another group called "The Great Hallel," comprehending Psalms 118-136, which was recited on the first evening at the Passover supper and on occasions of great joy.

3. Hallelujah — praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered "Praise ye the LORD," stands at the beginning of ten of the psalms (106, 111-113, 135, 146-150), hence called "hallelujah psalms." From its frequent occurrence it grew into a formula of praise. The Greek form of the word (alleluia) is found in Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6.

4. Hallow — to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex. 28:38; 29:1). This word is from the Saxon, and properly means "to make holy." The name of God is "hallowed", i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt. 6:9).

5. Judgment hall — Gr. praitorion (John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Matt. 27:27), "common hall." In all these passages the Revised Version renders "palace." In Mark 15:16 the word is rendered "Praetorium" (q.v.), which is a Latin word, meaning literally the residence of the praetor, and then the governor's residence in general, though not a praetor. Throughout the Gospels the word "praitorion" has this meaning (comp. Acts 23:35). Pilate's official residence when he was in Jerusalem was probably a part of the fortress of Antonia. The trial of our Lord was carried on in a room or office of the palace. The "whole band" spoken of by Mark were gathered together in the palace court.

6. Nahallal — pasture, a city in Zebulun on the border of Issachar (Josh. 19:15), the same as Nahalol (Judg. 1:30). It was given to the Levites. It has been by some identified with Malul in the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles from Nazareth.

7. Phallu — separated, the second son of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).

8. Shallecheth, The gate of — i.e., "the gate of casting out," hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house of the Lord, "by the causeway of the going up" i.e., the causeway rising up from the Tyropoeon valley = valley of the cheesemakers (1 Chr. 26:16).

9. Shallum — retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He "conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead" (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria" (15:13, marg.). Menahem rose up against Shallum and put him to death (2 Kings 15:14, 15, 17), and became king in his stead. (2.) Keeper of the temple vestments in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:14). (3.) One of the posterity of Judah (1 Chr. 2:40, 41). (4.) A descendant of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:25). (5.) One of the line of the high priests (1 Chr. 6:13). (6.) 1 Chr. 7:13. (7.) A keeper of the gate in the reign of David (1 Chr. 9:17). (8.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:19, 31; Jer. 35:4). (9.) An Ephraimite chief (2 Chr. 28:12). (10.) The uncle of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 32:7). (11.) A son of king Josiah (1 Chr. 3:15; Jer. 22:11), who was elected to succeed his father on the throne, although he was two years younger than his brother Eliakim. He assumed the crown under the name of Jehoahaz (q.v.). He did not imitate the example of his father (2 Kings 23:32), but was "a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men" (Ezek. 19:3). His policy was anti-Egyptian therefore. Necho, at that time at Riblah, sent an army against Jerusalem, which at once yielded, and Jehoahaz was carried captive to the Egyptian camp, Eliakim being appointed king in his stead. He remained a captive in Egypt till his death, and was the first king of Judah that died in exile.

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1. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

2. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

3. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 23 — And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

4. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

5. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

6. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

7. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

8. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 4 — And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

9. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

10. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

11. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 24 — If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

12. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

13. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 14 — Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

14. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

15. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

16. Genesis Chapter 5 Verse 29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

17. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 21 — And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

18. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 20 — Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

19. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 19 — And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

21. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 15 — And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

22. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

23. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

24. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 27 — God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

25. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 26 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

26. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 25 — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

27. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 16 — And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

28. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

29. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 14 — And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

30. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 13 — I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

31. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 11 — And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

32. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 6 — Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

33. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 4 — But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

34. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

35. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 2 — And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

36. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 13 — Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

37. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 12 — Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

38. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

39. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

40. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

41. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 14 — And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

42. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

43. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 8 — And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

44. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

45. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

46. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 12 — And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

47. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

48. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

49. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

50. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 6 — And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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