Window

An opening in a wall that lets light and air into a room and allows people to see in or out.

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About Window

The window was an opening in a wall for the entrance of light and air and for the purpose of seeing in or out.

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Key References

Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

Joshua 2:15

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Acts 20:9

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

All Scripture References (30)

Genesis (2)
Genesis 8:6

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

Genesis 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Joshua (3)
Joshua 2:15

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 2:21

“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Judges (1)
Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

1 Samuel (1)
1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

2 Samuel (1)
2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Kings (1)
1 Kings 6:4

He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

2 Kings (3)
2 Kings 9:30

Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

2 Kings 9:32

He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

2 Kings 13:17

“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

1 Chronicles (1)
1 Chronicles 15:29

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

Proverbs (1)
Proverbs 7:6

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Song of Solomon (1)
Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

Jeremiah (2)
Jeremiah 9:20

Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

Ezekiel (8)
Ezekiel 40:16

The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

Ezekiel 40:25

Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:29

Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:33

Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:36

as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 41:16

as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.

Ezekiel 41:26

There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

Daniel (1)
Daniel 6:11

Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

Joel (1)
Joel 2:9

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

Zephaniah (1)
Zephaniah 2:14

Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.

Acts (1)
Acts 20:9

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

2 Corinthians (1)
2 Corinthians 11:33

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.