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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

Aa
אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 32a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x

The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x
The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

  1. tent

    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

    2. dwelling, home, habitation

    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H168: Abbreviations
אֹ֫הֶל 343 noun masculineGenesis 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic اٌَهْل, fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see H171 אהליאב) — absolute א׳ Genesis 4:20 +; construct id. Exodus 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Genesis 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psalm 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Genesis 9:21 + 3 times (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Genesis 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Judges 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Numbers 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jeremiah 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Numbers 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:8 +, etc. —
1. tent of nomad Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Genesis 4:20; Genesis 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Chronicles 14:14; of soldier 1 Samuel 17:54 compare Dr, Jeremiah 37:10; 1 Kings 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kings 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Samuel 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1 Samuel 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Samuel 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2. dwelling, habitation; Psalm 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judges 19:9 (after הלך); א׳ בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Psalm 132:3 compare Daniel 11:45; דוד א׳ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isaiah 16:5; בַת צִיּוֺן א׳ house of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lamentations 2:4; אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה א׳ Zechariah 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים א׳ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע א׳ Psalm 84:11, יְשָׁרִים א׳ Proverbs 14:11; שֹׁחַד א׳ Job 15:34; צַדִּיקִים א׳ Psalm 118:15; אֱדוֺם א׳ = Edom itself, Psalm 83:7 compare קְדָר א׳ Psalm 120:5 כוּשָׁן א׳ Habakkuk 3:7.
3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד א׳ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Exodus 33:7-11 Numbers 12:5, 10; Deuteronomy 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an מ׳ א׳ outside the camp, Numbers 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it + 131 times as מ׳ א׳; + 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezekiel 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת א׳, tent of the testimony Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Chronicles 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29, compare 1 Chronicles 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Numbers 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֺ Exodus 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exodus 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted Greek Version of the LXX; see Dr) compare Psalm 78:60, called יוֺסֵף א׳ Psalm 78:67. The Mosaic מ׳ א׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at מ׳ א׳ 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:32 compare 1 Chronicles 9:19 (הָא׳), 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 9:23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to יהוה א׳ 1 Kings 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 Kings 1:39; the מוֺעֵד א׳ was taken up into temple 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Chronicles 17:5, compare 2 Samuel 7:6; יהוה א׳ (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 61:5 (compare Psalm 90:1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:20; 4:20; 9:21; 13:3; 13:5; 18:6; 25:27

Exodus

26; 28:43; 33:7; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:11; 35:11; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:29

Numbers

3:25; 9:15; 11:24; 11:26; 12:5; 12:10; 16:26; 18:2; 24:5

Deuteronomy

31:14; 31:15

Joshua

22:8

Judges

8:11; 19:9

1 Samuel

2:22; 17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

6:17; 7:6; 16:22; 20:1

1 Kings

1:39; 2:28; 2:29; 2:30; 8:4; 8:66; 12:16

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:17; 9:19; 9:21; 9:23; 15:1; 16:1; 17:5; 23:32

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:4; 1:6; 1:13; 5:5; 10:16; 14:14; 24:6

Job

8:22; 15:34; 29:4

Psalms

15:1; 19:5; 27:5; 27:6; 61:5; 61:5; 78:60; 78:67; 83:7; 84:11; 90:1; 91:10; 118:15; 120:5; 132:3

Proverbs

14:11

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

16:5

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:3; 30:18; 37:10; 49:29

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

41:1

Daniel

11:45

Joel

2:16

Habakkuk

3:7

Zechariah

12:7

Malachi

2:12

H168

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Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 348 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 4:20–Exo 35:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 - Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 - And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:21 - And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - And you are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the House, eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the twists, joining the tent together to make it one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - And the folded part which is over of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain which is folded back, will be hanging down over the back of the House.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:4 - And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - Then let the ox be taken in front of the Tent of meeting: and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30 - For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:32 - And let Aaron and his sons make a meal of it, with the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:42 - This is to be a regular burned offering made from generation to generation, at the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will come face to face with you and have talk with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:8 - And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - The House and its tent and its cover, its hooks and its boards, its rods and its pillars and its bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.

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