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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 - However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim [fn]to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent H168 for it in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent H168 of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon went [fn]from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent H168 of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - They brought up the ark and the tent H168 of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; H168 the Levitical priests brought them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, H168 rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying,
“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Every man to your tents, H168 O Israel;
Now look after your own house, David.”
So all Israel departed to their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They also struck down [fn]those who owned H168 livestock, and they carried away large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the LORD on the congregation of Israel for the tent H168 of the testimony?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:22 - Judah was defeated [fn]by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24 - “You will know that your tent H168 is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:22 - “Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tent H168 of the wicked will be no longer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - “The tents H168 of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
[fn]Whom God brings into their power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - “For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents H168 of [fn]the corrupt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - “The light in his tent H168 is darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14 - “He is torn from [fn]the security of his tent, H168
And [fn]they march him before the king of terrors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - “[fn]There dwells in his tent H168 nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 - “His troops come together,
And build up their [fn]way against me
And camp around my tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - “For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,
And where is the tent, H168 the dwelling places of the wicked?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23 - “If you return to [fn]the Almighty, you will be [fn]restored;
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - As I was in [fn]the prime of my days,
When the [fn]friendship of God was over my tent; H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - “Have the men of my tent H168 not said,
‘Who can [fn]find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1 - A Psalm of David.
O LORD, who may [fn]abide in Your tent? H168
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their [fn]line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has placed a tent H168 for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His [fn]tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent H168 He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent H168 sacrifices [fn]with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - [fn]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, H168
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - Let me [fn]dwell in Your tent H168 forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - May their [fn]camp be desolate;
May 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 first issue of their virility in the tents H168 of Ham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He also drove out the nations before them
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh,
The tent H168 [fn]which He had pitched among men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - He also rejected the tent H168 of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents H168 of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 - No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your [fn]tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:25 - But grumbled in their tents; H168
They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents H168 of the righteous;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents H168 of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:3 - “Surely I will not [fn]enter my house,
Nor [fn]lie on my bed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11 - The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
But the tent H168 of the upright will flourish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - “[fn]I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents H168 of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent H168 of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
A tent H168 which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - “Like a shepherd’s tent H168 my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is He who [fn]sits above the [fn]circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent H168 to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge the place of your tent; H168
[fn]Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
Lengthen your cords
And strengthen your pegs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents H168 are devastated,
My curtains in an instant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - “Shepherds and their flocks will come to her,
They will pitch their tents H168 [fn]around her,
They will pasture each in his [fn]place.

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