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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

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אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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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 2 / 7 (Exo 36:14–Lev 14:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:32 - When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:1 - The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - Then he shall kill the bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it in front of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5 - And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the LORD that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:16 - Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:18 - And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is in the tent of meeting before the LORD, and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30 - But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:3 - And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:4 - And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:31 - And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33 - And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it will take seven days to ordain you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the LORD has charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:5 - And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23 - And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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