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Lexicon :: Strong's H2595 - ḥănîṯ

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חֲנִית
Transliteration
ḥănîṯ
Pronunciation
khan-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 690b

Strong’s Definitions

חֲנִית chănîyth, khan-eeth'; from H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent):—javelin, spear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H2595 in the following manner: spear (41x), javelin (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H2595 in the following manner: spear (41x), javelin (6x).
  1. spear

    1. spear

      1. shaft of a spear

      2. spear-head

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲנִית chănîyth, khan-eeth'; from H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent):—javelin, spear.
STRONGS H2595: Abbreviations
חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as flexible? see Thes); — absolute חֲנִית 2 Samuel 13:19 + 26 times; construct id. 1 Samuel 26:16 (so 1 Samuel 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:11; חֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 times + 2 Samuel 23:8, see below; plural חֲנִיתִים 2 Chronicles 23:9; חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isaiah 2:4חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3; —
1. spear, as hurled 1 Samuel 18:10, 11; 1 Samuel 19:9, 10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:33; held by king 1 Samuel 22:6; sign of king's presence 1 Samuel 26:7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (see RSK 171); also 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:18, 21 (3 times in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:112 Samuel 23:8, where read הוּא עוֺרֵר אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֺ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Chronicles 11:20, 23 (3 times in verse); plural 2 Chronicles 23:9; often || חֶרֶב 1 Samuel 13:19, 22; 1 Samuel 17:45, 47; 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 2:4Micah 4:3; Nahum 3:3; || שְׁלָטִים 2 Kings 11:10; || צִנָּה 1 Chronicles 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18; סְגֹד Psalm 35:3; || קֶשֶׁת Psalm 46:10.
2. a. shaft of spear is עֵץ ח׳ 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5 + 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).
b. spear-head לַהֶבֶת ח׳ 1 Samuel 17:7, compare לַהַב ח׳ Job 39:23; בְּרַק ח׳ Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11.
c. butt of spear אַחֲרֵי ח׳ 2 Samuel 2:23.
3. metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 57:5 [Psalm 57:4] (|| חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

13:19; 13:22; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:45; 17:47; 18:10; 18:11; 19:9; 19:10; 20:33; 21:9; 22:6; 26:7; 26:8; 26:11; 26:12; 26:16; 26:16; 26:22; 26:22

2 Samuel

1:6; 2:23; 2:23; 13:19; 21:19; 23:7; 23:8; 23:8; 23:18; 23:21

2 Kings

11:10

1 Chronicles

11:11; 11:20; 11:23; 12:35; 20:5

2 Chronicles

23:9; 23:9

Job

39:23; 41:18

Psalms

35:3; 46:10; 57:4

Isaiah

2:4; 2:4

Micah

4:3; 4:3

Nahum

3:3; 3:3

Habakkuk

3:11; 3:11

H2595

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2595 matches the Hebrew חֲנִית (ḥănîṯ),
which occurs 48 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 -

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [fn]swords or spears H2595.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear H2595 was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft of his spear H2595 was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear H2595 weighed [fn]six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-carrier walked in front of him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear H2595, and a [fn]saber, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that this entire assembly may know that the LORD does not save by sword or by spear H2595; for the battle is the LORD’S, and He will hand you over to us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 -

Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house while David was playing the harp with his hand, [fn]as usual; and [fn]a spear H2595 was in Saul’s hand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - Then Saul hurled the spear H2595, for he thought, “I will [fn]pin David to the wall.” But David [fn]escaped from his presence, twice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear H2595 in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - And Saul tried to [fn]pin David to the wall with the spear H2595, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear H2595 into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear H2595 at him to strike and kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 -

David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there no spear H2595 or sword [fn]on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons [fn]with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 -

Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear H2595 in his hand, and all his servants were standing in front of him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping inside the circle of the camp with his spear H2595 stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you; now then, please let me [fn]pin him with the spear H2595 to the ground with one thrust, and I will not [fn]do it to him a second time.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - “The LORD forbid that I would reach out with my hand against the LORD’S anointed! But now please take the spear H2595 that is at his head and the jug of water, and let’s go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear H2595 and the jug of water that were at Saul’s head, and they left; and no one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone awaken, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, all of you undoubtedly [fn]must die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD’S anointed. And now, see where the king’s spear H2595 is and the jug of water that was at his head!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - David replied, “Behold, the spear H2595 of the king! Now have one of the young men come over and take it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear H2595. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen had overtaken him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However, he refused to turn aside; so Abner struck him in the belly with the butt end of the spear H2595, so that the spear H2595 came out at his back. And he fell there and died on the spot. And it happened that all who came thereafter to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - And there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite [fn]killed [fn]Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear H2595 was like a weaver’s beam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 -

Instead, the man who touches them

Must be [fn]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear H2595,

And they will be completely burned with fire in their [fn]place.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 -

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the [fn]thirty. And he swung his spear H2595 against three hundred [fn]and killed them, and had a name [fn]as well as the three.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he [fn]killed an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear H2595 in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - Then the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears H2595 and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - These constitute the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he wielded his spear H2595 against three hundred [fn]whom he killed at one time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 -

As for [fn]Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the [fn]thirty, and he wielded his spear H2595 against three hundred [fn]and killed them; and he had a name [fn]as well as the [fn]thirty.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature [fn]five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear H2595 like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - From Naphtali there were a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair [fn]killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear H2595 was like a weaver’s beam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears H2595 and the shields and quivers which had been King David’s, which were in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 -

“The quiver rattles against him,

The flashing spear H2595 and javelin.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 -

“The sword that reaches him cannot [fn]prevail,

Nor the spear H2595, the dart, or the javelin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 -

Draw also the spear H2595 and [fn]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;

Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 -

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow and cuts the spear H2595 in two;

He burns the chariots with fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -

My soul is among lions;

I must lie among those who devour,

Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears H2595 and arrows,

And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 -

And He will judge between the nations,

And will mediate for many peoples;

And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears H2595 into pruning knives.

Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,

And never again will they learn war.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 -

And He will judge between many peoples

And render decisions for mighty, [fn]distant nations.

Then they will beat their swords into plowshares,

And their spears H2595 into pruning hooks;

Nation will not lift a sword against nation,

And never again will they [fn]train for war.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 -

Horsemen charging,

Swords flashing, spears H2595 gleaming,

Many killed, a mass of corpses,

And there is no end to the dead bodies

They stumble over [fn]the dead bodies!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 -

Sun and moon stood in their lofty places;

They went away at the light of Your arrows,

At the radiance of Your flashing spear H2595.

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