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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - Adah H5711 gave H3205 birth H3205 to Jabal H2989; he was the father H1 of those who live H3427 in tents H168 and have livestock H4735.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - He drank H8354 some H4480 of the wine H3196 and became H7937 drunk H7937, and uncovered H1540 himself inside H8432 his tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 -

“May God H430 enlarge H6601 Japheth H3315,

And may he live H7931 in the tents H168 of Shem H8035;

And may Canaan H3667 be [fn]his servant H5650.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he proceeded H6275 from there H8033 to the mountain H2022 on the east H6924 of Bethel H1008, and pitched H5186 his tent H168 with Bethel H1008 on the west H3220 and Ai H5857 on the east H6924; and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he went H1980 [fn]on his journeys H4550 from the [fn]Negev H5045 as far H5704 as Bethel H1008, to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 his tent H168 had been H1961 at the beginning H8462, between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai H5857,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - Now Lot H3876, who went H1980 with Abram H87, also H1571 had H1961 flocks H6629, herds H1241, and tents H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to [fn]Abraham by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471, while he was sitting H3427 at the tent H168 door H6607 in the heat H2527 of the day H3117.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - When he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, behold H2009, three H7969 men H376 were standing H5324 opposite H5921 him; and when he saw H7200 them, he ran H7323 from the tent H168 door H6607 to meet H7122 them and bowed H2331 down H2331 to the ground H776,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham H85 hurried H4116 into the tent H168 to Sarah H8283, and said H559, “[fn]Quickly H4116, prepare H4116 three H7969 [fn]measures H5429 of fine H5560 flour H7058 H5560, knead H3888 it, and make H6213 bread H5692 cakes H5692.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 -

Then they said H559 to him, “Where H335 is your wife H802 Sarah H8283?” And he said H559, “There H2009, in the tent H168.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - He said H559, “I will certainly H7725 return H7725 to you [fn]at this time H6256 next H2416 year H2416; and behold H2009, your wife H802 Sarah H8283 will have a son H1121.” And Sarah H8283 was listening H8085 at the tent H168 door H6607, which H1931 was behind H310 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac H3327 brought H935 her into his mother H517 Sarah’s H8283 tent H168, and he took H3947 Rebekah H7259, and she became H1961 his wife H802, and he loved H157 her; so Isaac H3327 was comforted H5162 after H310 his mother’s H517 death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 -

When the boys H5288 grew H1431 up H1431, Esau H6215 became H1961 a skillful H3045 hunter H376 H6718, a man H376 of the field H7704; but Jacob H3290 was a [fn]civilized H8535 man H376, living H3427 in tents H168.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 -

So he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, and pitched H5186 his tent H168 there H8033; and there H8033 Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H3738 a well H875.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 -

And Laban H3837 caught H5381 up H5381 with Jacob H3290. Now Jacob H3290 had pitched H8628 his tent H168 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and Laban H3837 with his kinsmen H251 camped H8628 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Gilead H1568.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 -

So Laban H3837 went H935 into Jacob’s H3290 tent H168, and into Leah’s H3812 tent H168, and into the tent H168 of the two H8147 slave H519 women H519, but he did not find H4672 them. Then he went H3318 out H3318 of Leah’s H3812 tent H168 and entered H935 Rachel’s H7354 tent H168.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel’s H1581 saddlebag H3733, and she sat H3427 on them. So Laban H3837 searched H4959 through H4959 all H3605 the tent H168, but did not find H4672 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - He bought H7069 the plot H2513 of land H7704 where H834 H8033 he had pitched H5186 his tent H168 from the hand H3027 of the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544, Shechem’s H7927 father H1, for a hundred H3967 [fn]pieces H7192 of H7192 money H7192.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:21 - Then Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 on H5265 and pitched H5186 his tent H168 beyond H4480 H1973 the [fn]tower H4029 of H4029 [fn]Eder H4029.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This H2088 is [fn]what H1697 H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680: ‘Everyone H376 gather H3950 [fn]as much H6310 as he will eat H398; you shall take H3947 [fn]an omer H6016 apiece H1538 according to the number H4557 of people H5315 each H376 of you has in his tent H168.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - Then Moses H4872 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 his father-in-law H2859, and he bowed H2331 down H2331 and kissed H5401 him; and they asked H7592 each H376 other H7453 about their welfare H7965, and went H935 into the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 -

“Then you shall make H6213 curtains H3407 of goats’ H5795 hair as a tent H168 over H5921 the tabernacle H4908; you shall make H6213 eleven H6249 H6240 curtains H3407 in all.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - “You shall [fn]join H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905 and the other six H8337 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905, and you shall double H3717 over H3717 the sixth H8345 curtain H3407 [fn]at the front H6440 of the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 -

“You shall also make H6213 fifty H2572 clasps H7165 of [fn]bronze H5178, and you shall put H935 the clasps H7165 into the loops H3924 and [fn]join H2266 the tent H168 together H2266 so that it will be [fn]a unit H259.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - “The [fn]overhanging H5629 part H5629 that is left H5736 over H5736 in the curtains H3407 of the tent H168, the half H2677 curtain H3407 that is left H5736 over H5736, shall hang H5628 over H5921 the back H268 of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - “The [fn]cubit H520 on one H2088 side H2088 and the cubit H520 on the other H2088, of what is left H5736 over H5736 in the length H753 of the curtains H3407 of the tent H168, shall hang H5628 over H5921 the sides H6654 of the tabernacle H4908 on one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088, to cover H3680 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - “And you shall make H6213 a covering H4372 for the tent H168 of rams’ H352 skins H5785 [fn]dyed H119 red H119 and a covering H4372 of [fn]fine H8476 leather H5785 above H4480 H4605.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 -

“You shall also make H6213 a curtain H4539 for the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of violet H8504, purple H713, and scarlet H8144 material and fine H8336 twisted H7806 linen H8336, the work H4639 of a [fn]weaver H7551.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - “In the tent H168 of meeting H4150, outside H4480 H2351 the veil H6532 which H834 is before H5921 the testimony H5715, Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall keep H6186 it in H6186 order H6186 from evening H6153 to morning H1242 before H6440 the LORD H3068; it shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout their generations H1755 [fn]for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “And they shall be on Aaron H175 and on his sons H1121 when they enter H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150, or H176 when they approach H5066 the altar H4196 to minister H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, so that they do not incur H5375 [fn]guilt H5771 and die H4191. It shall be a statute H2708 forever H5769 to him and to his [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:4 - “Then you shall bring H7126 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 to the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and wash H7364 them with water H4325.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 -

“Then you shall bring H7126 the bull H6499 in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall lay H5564 their hands H3027 on the head H7218 of the bull H6499.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - “And you shall slaughter H7819 the bull H6499 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:30 - “For seven H7651 days H3117 the one of his sons H1121 who is priest H3548 in H8478 his place H8478 shall put H3847 them on H3847 when H834 he enters H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to minister H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:32 - “Then Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 the flesh H1320 of the ram H352 and the bread H3899 that is in the basket H5536, at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:42 - “It shall be a continual H8548 burnt H5930 offering H5930 throughout your generations H1755 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 before H6440 the LORD H3068, where H834 H8033 I will meet H3259 with you, to speak H1696 to you there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - “I will consecrate H6942 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and the altar H4196; I will also consecrate H6942 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take H3947 the atonement H3725 money H3701 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and give H5414 it for the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, so that it may be a memorial H2146 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 before H6440 the LORD H3068, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for [fn]yourselves H5315.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make H6213 a basin H3595 of [fn]bronze H5178, with its base H3653 of bronze H5178, for washing H7364; and you shall put H5414 it between H996 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and the altar H4196, and you shall put H5414 water H4325 in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they enter H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150, they shall wash H7364 with water H4325, so that they do not die H4191; or H176 when they approach H5066 the altar H4196 to minister H8334, by offering H6999 up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 a fire H801 sacrifice to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - “And you shall anoint H4886 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 with it, and the ark H727 of the testimony H5715,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - “And you shall crush H7833 some H4480 of it very H1854 fine H1854, and put H5414 part of it in front H6440 of the testimony H5715 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150 where H834 H8033 I will meet H3259 with you; it shall be most H6944 holy H6944 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - the tent H168 of meeting H4150, the ark H727 of testimony H5715, the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 that is on it, and all H3605 the furniture H3627 of the tent H168,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 -

Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 the LORD H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:8 - And it came H1961 about H1961, whenever Moses H4872 went H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168, that all H3605 the people H5971 would arise H6965 and stand H5324, each H376 at the entrance H6607 of his tent H168, and gaze H5027 after H310 Moses H4872 until H5704 he entered H935 the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - Whenever Moses H4872 entered H935 the tent H168, the pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 would descend H3381 and stand H5975 at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168; and [fn]the LORD would speak H1696 with Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:10 - When all H3605 the people H5971 saw H7200 the pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 standing H5975 at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168, all H3605 the people H5971 would stand H6965 and worship H2331, each H376 at the entrance H6607 of his tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - So the LORD H3068 used to speak H1696 to Moses H4872 face H6440 to face H6440, just H834 as H834 a man H376 speaks H1696 to his friend H7453. When [fn]Moses returned H7725 to the camp H4264, his servant H8334 Joshua H3091, the son H1121 of Nun H5126, a young H5288 man H5288, would not depart H4185 from the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - the [fn]tabernacle H4908, its tent H168 and its covering H4372, its hooks H7165 and its boards H7175, its bars H1280, its pillars H5982, and its bases H134;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - And everyone H3605 H376 whose H834 heart H3820 [fn]stirred H5375 him and everyone H3605 whose H834 spirit H7307 [fn]moved H5068 him came H935 and brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641 for the work H4399 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and for all H3605 its service H5656, and for the holy H6944 garments H899.

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