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room a place or position
Not a space with walls. The "highest rooms" at a feast in Luke 14 are the best seats, and to reign "in his room" is to reign in his place.
Means: a place or positionIn the KJV: 39 timesStill in use, different meaning
Forms in the text
Where it appears
room appears 39 times in the King James Version, mostly in the sense it still carries today. These are the places where it means a place or position.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Common questions
What does "room" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version room means a place or position. Not a space with walls. The "highest rooms" at a feast in Luke 14 are the best seats, and to reign "in his room" is to reign in his place.
How many times does "room" appear in the King James Version?
39 times, counting its other forms (room 32 times, rooms 7 times).
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