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פֹּרֶכֶת H6532

H6532 is the Hebrew word פֹּרֶכֶת, transliterated pôreketh and said po-reh'-keth. The King James Version most often renders it vail.

Word: פֹּרֶכֶתTransliteration: pôrekethSaid: po-reh'-kethLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen.

Where it comes from

feminine active participle of the same as H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

vail 20×

Strong's own list of renderings: vail.

Verses using פֹּרֶכֶת

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 26:31 · KJV

And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

Exodus 26:33 · KJV

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

Exodus 26:35 · 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 27:21 · KJV

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 30:6 · KJV

And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

Exodus 35:12 · KJV

The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

Exodus 36:35 · KJV

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

Exodus 38:27 · KJV

And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

Exodus 39:34 · KJV

And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

Exodus 40:21 · KJV

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 4:6 · KJV

And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

Leviticus 16:2 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:15 · KJV

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

Leviticus 21:23 · KJV

Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 24:3 · KJV

Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

Numbers 4:5 · KJV

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Numbers 18:7 · KJV

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

2 Chronicles 3:14 · KJV

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6532 mean?

H6532 is the Hebrew word פֹּרֶכֶת (pôreketh), meaning a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen.

How is H6532 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it vail (20 times).

How many times does H6532 appear in the Bible?

פֹּרֶכֶת (pôreketh) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6532 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine active participle of the same as H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ).

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