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bedchamber

Meaning of “bedchamber”

An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or for sleep and repose.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 8:3

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Every verse containing “bedchamber”

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Exodus 8:3
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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 8:3 · retained source text

And the riuer shall bring foorth frogges abundantly, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes.

1611 marginal noteOr, dough.

2 Samuel 4:7
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:7 · retained source text

For when they came into the house, hee lay on his bedde in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away thorow the plaine all night.

2 Kings 6:12
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:12 · retained source text

And one of his seruants sayde, None, my lord O king; but Elisha the Prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel, the wordes that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.

1611 marginal noteHeb. No.

2 Kings 11:2
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 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:2 · retained source text

But Iehosheba the daughter of king Ioram, sister of Ahaziah, tooke Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale him from among the Kings sonnes which were slaine; and they hid him, euen him and his nurse in the bed-chamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slaine.

2 Chronicles 22:11
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 22:11 · retained source text

But Iehoshabeath the daughter of the king, tooke Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the kings sonnes, that were slaine, and put him and his nurse in a bed chamber. So Iehoshabeath the daughter of king Iehoram, the wife of Iehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

Ecclesiastes 10:20
¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 10:20 · retained source text

¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the aire shall carry the voyce, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

1611 marginal noteOr, conscience.

1611 marginal noteExod.22.28.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or for sleep and repose.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 255