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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 6 / 7 (2Ch 1:4–Jer 6:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent H168 for it at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, H168 these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, H168 glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, H168 O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They smote also the tents H168 of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for H168 the tabernacle H168 of witness?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:22 - And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24 - And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle H168 shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:22 - They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place H168 of the wicked shall come to nought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tabernacles H168 of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles H168 of bribery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, H168 and his candle shall be put out with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14 - His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, H168 and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - It shall dwell in his tabernacle, H168 because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 - His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places H168 of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23 - If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - If the men of my tabernacle H168 said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? H168 who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle H168 for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle H168 shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle H168 sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of H168 thy dwelling place, H168 and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - I will abide in thy tabernacle H168 for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 - And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles H168 of Ham:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent H168 which he placed among men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - Moreover he refused the tabernacle H168 of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6 - The tabernacles H168 of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents H168 of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 - There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:25 - But murmured in their tents, H168 and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles H168 of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents H168 of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:3 - Surely I will not come into the tabernacle H168 of my house, nor go up into my bed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11 - The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle H168 of the upright shall flourish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents H168 of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle H168 of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle H168 that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a H168 shepherd's tent: H168 I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent H168 to dwell in:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, H168 and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents H168 spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents H168 against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

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