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Lexicon :: Strong's H2583 - ḥānâ

Aa
חָנָה
Transliteration
ḥānâ
Pronunciation
khaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָנַן (H2603)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 690

Strong’s Definitions

חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

  1. to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

    1. (Qal)

      1. to decline

      2. to encamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
STRONGS H2583: Abbreviations
חָנָה 143 verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic axno to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli מחנת construct camp, Inscription Panammu13. 16. 17; Arabic حَنَا bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian mûnu, mênu and tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, ZimBP 44, 45 Dl in Zim117) —
Qal Perfect חָנָה 1 Samuel 26:5; Isaiah 29:1; וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive Isaiah 29:3; Zechariah 9:8; חָנוּ Numbers 2:34 + 2 times; וְחָנוּ consecutive Numbers 1:52; Imperfect וַיִּחַן Genesis 26:17 + 9 times; 3rd person feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Psalm 27:3; יַחֲנוּ Numbers 1:50 + 13 times Numbers + Exodus 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ Exodus 13:26 + 79 times (of which 42 in Numbers 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן Judges 11:18; 2nd person masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exodus 14:2; 1st person plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezra 8:15; Imperative חֲנֵה 2 Samuel 12:28; חֲנוּ Numbers 31:19; Jeremiah 50:29; Infinitive חֲנוֺת Judges 19:9; חֲנֹת Numbers 1:51; suffix חֲנֹתֵנוּ Numbers 10:31; חֲנֹתְכֶם Deuteronomy 1:33; Participle חֹנֶה Exodus 18:5; Psalm 34:8; feminine חֹנָה 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; חֹנָ֑ךְ Psalm 53:6; plural חֹנִים Exodus 14:9 + 11 times; חוֺנִים Numbers 2:2; Nahum 3:17; —
1. decline, of day drawing to its close חֲנוֺת הַיּוֺם Judges 19:9 (|| רָפָה הַיּ׳ לַעֲרוֺב; also נְטוֺת הַיּ׳ Judges 19:8; הַיּוֺם רַד מְאֹד Judges 19:11).
2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
a. of single nomad Genesis 26:17 (J; followed by ב), Genesis 33:18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני).
b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exodus 13:20 (ב) Exodus 14:2 (לִפְנֵי), Exodus 14:2 (עַל), + approximately 80 times (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23 compare Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom (|| ישׁבו Nehemiah 11:25).
c. of armies:
(1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Joshua 4:19; Joshua 5:10 + often;
(2) Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; 2 Samuel 23:23 +; usually followed by ב location Numbers 10:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; Joshua 4:19; 1 Samuel 13:5 + 63 times (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Samuel 24:5 read וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr see חלל); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nahum 3:17; also followed by עַל＝by, near Exodus 14:2, 9; Exodus 15:27; Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:2, 5, 12, 27; Numbers 3:29, 35 (על ירך), Numbers 33:10; Judges 7:1; 1 Samuel 4:1; עלפֿני השׂדה (על in different sense) 2 Samuel 11:11; followed by עַל also＝against, encamp with hostile purpose Joshua 10:5, 31, 34; Judges 6:4; Judges 20:19; 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:28; 1 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 52:4; Psalm 27:3; followed by אֶלֿ in same sense Joshua 11:5; metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (על) Isaiah 29:3; followed by also לְ＝at, by Numbers 2:34; Zechariah 9:8; שָׁם ֗֗֗ אשׁר Exodus 18:5; 1 Samuel 26:5; followed by סביב לְ for protection Numbers 1:50, 53, compare metaphor Psalm 34:8, but also hostility Job 19:12; also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. מֵעֵבֶר Numbers 21:13; מחוץ Numbers 31:19; בין 1 Samuel 17:1; נגד 1 Kings 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2 Samuel 17:26; followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense חֹנָ֑ךָ Psalm 53:6; without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23; Ezra 8:15; 2 Samuel 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Isaiah 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:17; 26:17; 33:18

Exodus

13:20; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:9; 14:9; 15:27; 18:5; 18:5

Numbers

1:50; 1:50; 1:51; 1:52; 1:52; 1:53; 2:2; 2:2; 2:5; 2:12; 2:27; 2:34; 2:34; 3:29; 3:35; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 9:20; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 10:31; 10:31; 21:13; 31:19; 31:19; 33; 33:10

Deuteronomy

1:33

Joshua

4:19; 4:19; 5:10; 10:5; 10:31; 10:34; 11:5

Judges

6:4; 7:1; 11:18; 19:8; 19:9; 19:9; 19:11; 20:19

1 Samuel

4:1; 4:1; 4:1; 11:1; 13:5; 13:16; 13:16; 17:1; 26:5; 26:5

2 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 12:28; 12:28; 17:26; 23:13; 23:23; 24:5

1 Kings

16:15; 20:27

2 Kings

25:1

1 Chronicles

11:15

2 Chronicles

32:1

Ezra

8:15; 8:15; 8:15

Nehemiah

11:25; 11:30

Job

19:12

Psalms

27:3; 27:3; 34:8; 34:8; 53:6; 53:6

Isaiah

29:1; 29:1; 29:3; 29:3

Jeremiah

50:29; 50:29; 52:4

Nahum

3:17; 3:17

Zechariah

9:8; 9:8

H2583

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Strong's Number H2583 matches the Hebrew חָנָה (ḥānâ),
which occurs 143 times in 135 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:17–Num 33:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent H2583 in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent H2583 before the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped H2583 in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp H2583 before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp H2583 by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping H2583 by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped H2583 there by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched H2583 in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped H2583 at the mount of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched H2583 in the wilderness; and H2583 there Israel camped H2583 before the mount.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp H2583 round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when H2583 the tabernacle is to be pitched, H2583 the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - And H2583 the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, H2583 every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites shall pitch H2583 round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch H2583 by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. H2583

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And H2583 on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they H2583 of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch H2583 throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - And those that do pitch H2583 next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those which pitch H2583 by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, H2583 so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those that encamp H2583 by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched H2583 by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The families of the Gershonites shall pitch H2583 behind the tabernacle westward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch H2583 on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch H2583 on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - But those that encamp H2583 before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. H2583

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: H2583 as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. H2583

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, H2583 and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, H2583 and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23 - At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, H2583 and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie H2583 on the east parts shall go forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie H2583 on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp H2583 in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched H2583 in the wilderness of Paran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:10 - And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched H2583 in Oboth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched H2583 at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:12 - From thence they removed, and pitched H2583 in the valley of Zared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From thence they removed, and pitched H2583 on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched H2583 in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And do H2583 ye abide H2583 without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:5 - And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched H2583 in Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6 - And they departed from Succoth, and pitched H2583 in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:7 - And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched H2583 before Migdol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 - And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched H2583 in Marah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9 - And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched H2583 there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - And they removed from Elim, and encamped H2583 by the Red sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped H2583 in the wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12 - And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped H2583 in Dophkah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:13 - And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped H2583 in Alush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - And they removed from Alush, and encamped H2583 at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15 - And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched H2583 in the wilderness of Sinai.

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