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Chamber @ "on the wall," which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha ( kjv@2Kings:4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the "guest chamber" where entertainments were prepared kjv@Mark:14:14). There were also "chambers within chambers" (kjvKings:22:25; kjv@2Kings:9:2). To enter into a chamber is used metaphorically of prayer and communion with God kjv@Isaiah:26:20). The "chambers of the south" kjv@Job:9:9) are probably the constelations of the southern hemisphere. The "chambers of imagery", i.e., chambers painted with images, as used by Ezekiel (8:12), is an expression denoting the vision the prophet had of the abominations practised by the Jews in Jerusalem.



Chambering @ kjv@Romans:13:13), wantonness, impurity.



Chamberlain @ a confidential servant of the king kjv@Genesis:37:36 kjv@Genesis:39:1). In kjv@Romans:16:23 mention is made of "Erastus the chamberlain." Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the Romans styled him. He is almost the only convert from the higher ranks of whom mention is made (comp. kjv@Acts:17:34). Blastus, Herod's "chamberlain" kjv@Acts:12:20), was his personal attendant or valet-de-chambre. The Hebrew word saris, thus translated in kjv@Esther:1:10 kjv@Esther:1:15 kjv@Esther:2:3 kjv@Esther:2:14, 21, etc., properly means an eunuch (as in the marg.), as it is rendered in kjv@Isaiah:39:7 kjv@Isaiah:56:3.