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A rectangular opening in the wall of a house. It could be opened as needed (2 Kgs. 13:17), and was often covered with a lattice through which one could look out (Judg. 5:28; 2 Sam. 6:16 = 1 Chr. 15:29; Prov. 7:6) or in (Cant. 2:9). Windows were usually small and few in number, in order to keep temperatures inside the house warm in winter and cool in summer. Some were still large enough to permit an intruder (Joel 2:9; cf. Jer. 9:21[MT 20) or a fugitive (Josh. 2:15; 1 Sam. 19:21; 2 Cor. 11:33; cf. 2 Kgs. 1:2; 9:2) to pass easily through, and so would usually be placed on upper floors if the building had more than one story (Dan. 6:10[11]; the ground floor would be suitably illuminated through the doorway). References to the “windows with recessed frames” of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs. 6:4) and Ezekiel’s eschatological temple (Ezek. 40:16, 22, 25, 29; 41:16), as well as to the elaborately planned windows in Jehoiakim’s house (Jer. 22:14), imply the contrasting simplicity of general window design. It has been suggested also that these latter windows, and Jezebel’s window at 2 Kgs. 9:32, included balconies for public appearances, imitating Egyptian royal architecture.

Heb. ʾărubbâ denotes an opening rather than an architectural feature per se. The image “windows of heaven” thus appears to depict wide openings through which blessing or judgment can cascade to earth (Gen. 7:11; 8:2; 2 Kgs. 7:2, 19; Isa. 24:18; Mal. 3:10).

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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)