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Lexicon :: Strong's H2595 - ḥănîṯ

Aa
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 H3808 blacksmith H2796 could be found H4672 in all H3605 the land H776 of Israel H3478, because H3588 the Philistines H6430 said H559, “Otherwise H6435 the Hebrews H5680 will make H6213 [fn]swords H2719 or H176 spears H2595.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came H1961 about H1961 on the day H3117 of battle H4421 that neither H3808 sword H2719 nor H3808 spear H2595 was found H4672 in the hands H3027 of any H3605 of the people H5971 who H834 were with Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083, but they were found H4672 with Saul H7586 and his son H1121 Jonathan H3083.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft H2671 of his spear H2595 was like a weaver’s H707 beam H4500, and the head H3852 of his spear H2595 weighed [fn]six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of iron H1270; and his shield-carrier H6793 H5375 walked H1980 in front H6440 of him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - But David H1732 said H559 to the Philistine H6430, “You come H935 to me with a sword H2719, a spear H2595, and a [fn]saber H3591, but I come H935 to you in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of the armies H4634 of Israel H3478, whom H834 you have defied H2778.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that this H2088 entire H3605 assembly H6951 may know H3045 that the LORD H3068 does not save H3467 by sword H2719 or by spear H2595; for the battle H4421 is the LORD’S H3068, and He will hand H5414 H3027 you over H5414 to us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the next H4283 day H4283 that an evil H7451 spirit H7307 from God H430 rushed H6743 upon H5921 Saul H7586, and he raved H5012 in the midst H8432 of the house H1004 while David H1732 was playing H5059 the harp with his hand H3027, [fn]as usual H3117; and [fn]a spear H2595 was in Saul’s H7586 hand H3027.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - Then Saul H7586 hurled H2904 the spear H2595, for he thought H559, “I will [fn]pin H5221 David H1732 to the wall H7023.” But David H1732 [fn]escaped H5437 from his presence H6440, twice H6471.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - Now there was an evil H7451 spirit H7307 from the LORD H3068 on Saul H7586 as he was sitting H3427 in his house H1004 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and David H1732 was playing H5059 the harp with his hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - And Saul H7586 tried H1245 to [fn]pin H5221 David H1732 to the wall H7023 with the spear H2595, but he escaped H6362 from Saul’s H7586 presence H6440, so that he stuck H5221 the spear H2595 into the wall H7023. And David H1732 fled H5127 and escaped H4422 that night H3915.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul H7586 hurled H2904 his spear H2595 at him to strike H5221 and H5221 kill H5221 him; so Jonathan H3083 knew H3045 that his father H1 had decided H3615 to put H4191 David H1732 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 -

David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288, “Now is H3426 there H3426 no H371 spear H2595 or H176 sword H2719 [fn]on hand H3027? For I brought H3947 neither H1571 H3808 my sword H2719 nor H1571 my weapons H3627 [fn]with me, because H3588 the king’s H4428 matter H1697 was urgent H5169.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 -

Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David H1732 and Abishai H52 came H935 to the people H5971 by night H3915, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 lay H7901 sleeping H3463 inside the circle H4570 of H4570 the H4570 camp H4570 with his spear H2595 stuck H4600 in the ground H776 at H4763 his head H4763; and Abner H74 and the people H5971 were lying H7901 around H5439 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai H52 said H559 to David H1732, “Today H3117 God H430 has handed H5462 H3027 your enemy H340 over H5462 to you; now H6258 then, please H4994 let me [fn]pin H5221 him with the spear H2595 to the ground H776 with one H259 thrust H6471, and I will not [fn]do H8138 it to him a H8138 second H8138 time H8138.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - “The LORD H3068 forbid H2486 that I would reach H7971 out H7971 with my hand H3027 against the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899! But now H6258 please H4994 take H3947 the spear H2595 that is at H4763 his head H4763 and the jug H6835 of water H4325, and let’s go H1980.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David H1732 took H3947 the spear H2595 and the jug H6835 of water H4325 that were at H4763 Saul’s H7586 head H4763, and they left H1980; and no H369 one H369 saw H7200 or knew H3045 about it, nor H369 did anyone awaken H6974, for they were all H3605 asleep H3463, because H3588 a deep H8639 sleep H8639 from the LORD H3068 had fallen H5307 on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This H2088 thing H1697 that you have done H6213 is not good H2896. As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, all of you undoubtedly H3588 [fn]must H1121 die H4194, because H834 you did not guard H8104 your lord H113, the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899. And now H6258, see H7200 where H335 the king’s H4428 spear H2595 is and the jug H6835 of water H4325 that was at H4763 his head H4763!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - David H1732 replied H6030, “Behold H2009, the spear H2595 of the king H4428! Now have one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 come H5674 over H5674 and take H3947 it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him said H559, “By H7122 chance H7122 I happened H7136 to H7136 be H7136 on Mount H2022 Gilboa H1533, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 was leaning H8172 on his spear H2595. And behold H2009, the chariots H7393 and the horsemen H6571 had overtaken H1692 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However, he refused H3985 to turn H5493 aside H5493; so Abner H74 struck H5221 him in the belly H2570 with the butt H310 end H310 of the spear H2595, so that the spear H2595 came H3318 out H3318 at his back H310. And he fell H5307 there H8033 and died H4191 on the spot H8478. And it happened H1961 that all H3605 who came H935 thereafter to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 Asahel H6214 had fallen H5307 and died H4191, stood H5975 still H5975.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - And there was war H4421 with the Philistines H6430 again H5750 at Gob H1359, and Elhanan H445 the son H1121 of Jaare-oregim H3296 the Bethlehemite H1022 [fn]killed H5221 [fn]Goliath H1555 the Gittite H1663, the shaft H6086 of whose spear H2595 was like a weaver’s H707 beam H4500.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 -

Instead, the man H376 who touches H5060 them

Must be [fn]armed H4390 with iron H1270 and the shaft H6086 of a spear H2595,

And they will be completely H8313 burned H8313 with fire H784 in their [fn]place H7675.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 -

Now Abishai H52, the brother H251 of Joab H3097, the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, was chief H7218 of the [fn]thirty H7992. And he swung H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]and killed H2491 them, and had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the three H7969.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he [fn]killed H5221 an Egyptian H4713, [fn]an impressive H4758 man H376. Now the Egyptian H4713 had a spear H2595 in his hand H3027, but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027, and killed H2026 him with his own spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - Then the priest H3548 gave H5414 the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 the spears H2595 and shields H7982 that had been King H4428 David’s H1732, which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - These H428 constitute the list H4557 of David’s H1732 mighty H1368 men H1368: Jashobeam H3434, the son H1121 of a Hachmonite H2453, the chief H7218 of the thirty H7970; he wielded H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]whom he killed H2491 at one H259 time H6471.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 -

As for [fn]Abshai H52 the brother H251 of Joab H3097, he was chief H7218 of the [fn]thirty H7970, and he wielded H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]and killed H2491 them; and he had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the [fn]thirty H7970.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he killed H5221 an Egyptian H4713, a man H376 of great stature H4060 [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 tall. Now in the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 was a spear H2595 like a weaver’s H707 beam H4500, but he went H3381 down H3381 to him with a club H7626 and snatched H1497 the spear H2595 from the Egyptian’s H4713 hand H3027 and killed H2026 him with his own spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - From Naphtali H5321 there were a thousand H505 captains H8269, and with them thirty-seven H7970 H7651 thousand H505 with shield H6793 and spear H2595.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - And there was war H4421 with the Philistines H6430 again H5750, and Elhanan H445 the son H1121 of Jair H3265 [fn]killed H5221 Lahmi H3902 the brother H251 of Goliath H1555 the Gittite H1663, the shaft H6086 of whose spear H2595 was like a weaver’s H707 beam H4500.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 gave H5414 the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 the spears H2595 and the shields H4043 and quivers H7982 which H834 had been King H4428 David’s H1732, which H834 were in the house H1004 of God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 -

“The quiver H827 rattles H7439 against H5921 him,

The flashing H3851 spear H2595 and javelin H3591.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 -

“The sword H2719 that reaches H5381 him cannot H1097 [fn]prevail H6965,

Nor H1097 the spear H2595, the dart H4551, or the javelin H8302.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 -

Draw H7324 also the spear H2595 and [fn]the battle-axe H5463 to meet H7122 those who pursue H7291 me;

Say H559 to my soul H5315, “I am your salvation H3444.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 -

He makes wars H4421 to cease H7673 to the end H7097 of the earth H776;

He breaks H7665 the bow H7198 and cuts H7112 the spear H2595 in H7112 two H7112;

He burns H8313 the chariots H5699 with fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -

My soul H5315 is among H8432 lions H3833;

I must lie H7901 among those who devour H3857,

Among sons H1121 of mankind H120 whose teeth H8127 are spears H2595 and arrows H2671,

And their tongue H3956 is a sharp H2299 sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 -

And He will judge H8199 between H996 the nations H1471,

And will mediate H3198 for many H7227 peoples H5971;

And they will beat H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855, and their spears H2595 into pruning H4211 knives H4211.

Nation H1471 will not lift H5375 up H5375 a sword H2719 against H413 nation H1471,

And never H3808 again H5750 will they learn H3925 war H4421.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 -

And He will judge H8199 between H996 many H7227 peoples H5971

And render H3198 decisions H3198 for mighty H6099, [fn]distant H7350 nations H1471.

Then they will beat H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855,

And their spears H2595 into pruning H4211 hooks H4211;

Nation H1471 will not lift H5375 a sword H2719 against H413 nation H1471,

And never H3808 again H5750 will they [fn]train H3925 for war H4421.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 -

Horsemen H6571 charging H5927,

Swords H2719 flashing H3851, spears H2595 gleaming H1300,

Many H7230 killed H2491, a mass H3514 of corpses H6297,

And there H369 is H369 no H369 end H7097 to the dead H1472 bodies H1472

They stumble H3782 over [fn]the dead H1472 bodies H1472!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 -

Sun H8121 and moon H3394 stood H5975 in their lofty H2073 places H2073;

They went H1980 away at the light H216 of Your arrows H2671,

At the radiance H5051 of Your flashing H1300 spear H2595.

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