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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 2:4＝חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם 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 11:11＝2 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 2:4＝Micah 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 47 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - And the staff of his spear was like a weavers' beam, and the [fn]spear's head was formed of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - And an evil spirit [fn]from God was upon Saul, and he was [fn]resting in his house, and a spear was in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - And Saul sought [fn]to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew suddenly from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - (LXX 21:9) And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword, for I have not [fn]brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul dwelt in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear was in his hand, and all his servants stood near him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abessa go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abenner and his people slept round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - And Abessa said to David, The Lord has this day shut up thine enemy into thine hands, and now I will [fn]smite him to the earth with the spear to the ground once for all, and I will not smite him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The Lord forbid it me that I should lift up my hand against the anointed of the Lord: and now take, I pray thee, the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return [fn]home.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - And this thing is not good which thou hast done. As the Lord lives, ye are [fn]worthy of death, ye who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother. But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies [fn]on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear was as a weaver's beam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - and a man shall not labour among them; and one shall have that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He smote an Egyptian, [fn]a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David that were in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the list of the mighty men of David; Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three: he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a name among the second three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits high; and in the hand of the Egyptian there was a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - (LXX 12:35) And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them men with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - And there was war again with the Philistines; and Eleanan the son of Jair smote Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear was as a weavers' beam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - And Jodae gave to the men the swords, and the shields, and the arms, which had belonged to king David, in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 - The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - (LXX 41:18) If spears should come against him, men will effect nothing, either with the spear or the breast-plate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 - (LXX 34:3) Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - (LXX 45:10) Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - (LXX 56:5) and he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions' whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
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