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Lexicon :: Strong's H2595 - ḥănîṯ

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חֲנִית
Transliteration
ḥănîṯ
Pronunciation
khan-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 690b

Strong’s Definitions

חֲנִית chănîyth, khan-eeth'; from H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent):—javelin, spear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H2595 in the following manner: spear (41x), javelin (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H2595 in the following manner: spear (41x), javelin (6x).

  1. spear

    1. spear

      1. shaft of a spear

      2. spear-head

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲנִית chănîyth, khan-eeth'; from H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent):—javelin, spear.
STRONGS H2595: Abbreviations
† חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as flexible? see Thes); — absolute חֲנִית 2 Samuel 13:19 + 26 times; construct id. 1 Samuel 26:16 (so 1 Samuel 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:11; חֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 times + 2 Samuel 23:8, see below; plural חֲנִיתִים 2 Chronicles 23:9; חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isaiah 2:4＝חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3; —
1. spear, as hurled 1 Samuel 18:10, 11; 1 Samuel 19:9, 10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:33; held by king 1 Samuel 22:6; sign of king's presence 1 Samuel 26:7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (see RSK 171); also 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:18, 21 (3 times in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:11＝2 Samuel 23:8, where read הוּא עוֺרֵר אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֺ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Chronicles 11:20, 23 (3 times in verse); plural 2 Chronicles 23:9; often || חֶרֶב 1 Samuel 13:19, 22; 1 Samuel 17:45, 47; 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 2:4＝Micah 4:3; Nahum 3:3; || שְׁלָטִים 2 Kings 11:10; || צִנָּה 1 Chronicles 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18; סְגֹד Psalm 35:3; || קֶשֶׁת Psalm 46:10.
2. a. shaft of spear is עֵץ ח׳ 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5 + 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).
b. spear-head לַהֶבֶת ח׳ 1 Samuel 17:7, compare לַהַב ח׳ Job 39:23; בְּרַק ח׳ Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11.
c. butt of spear אַחֲרֵי ח׳ 2 Samuel 2:23.
3. metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 57:5 [Psalm 57:4] (|| חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

13:19; 13:22; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:45; 17:47; 18:10; 18:11; 19:9; 19:10; 20:33; 21:9; 22:6; 26:7; 26:8; 26:11; 26:12; 26:16; 26:16; 26:22; 26:22

2 Samuel

1:6; 2:23; 2:23; 13:19; 21:19; 23:7; 23:8; 23:8; 23:18; 23:21

2 Kings

11:10

1 Chronicles

11:11; 11:20; 11:23; 12:35; 20:5

2 Chronicles

23:9; 23:9

Job

39:23; 41:18

Psalms

35:3; 46:10; 57:4

Isaiah

2:4; 2:4

Micah

4:3; 4:3

Nahum

3:3; 3:3

Habakkuk

3:11; 3:11

H2595

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2595 matches the Hebrew חֲנִית (ḥănîṯ),
which occurs 48 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[fn] His shield bearer went ahead of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - The next day an evil[fn] spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - But an evil[fn] spirit from the LORD came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let’s go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the LORD had put them into a deep sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the LORD’s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of your young men come over and get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[fn] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[fn] Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.[fn] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - this is the list of David’s mighty warriors: Jashobeam,[fn] a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers[fn]; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits[fn] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - from Naphtali—1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 - The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 - Brandish spear and javelin[fn] against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields[fn] with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses—

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
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