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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
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).
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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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Then he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent H168 over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains [fn]in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He made fifty clasps of [fn]bronze to [fn]join the tent H168 together so that it would be [fn]a unit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - He made a covering for the tent H168 of rams’ skins [fn]dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a screen for the doorway of the tent H168, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver;

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Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, [fn]from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

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Thus all the service of constructing the [fn]tabernacle of the tent H168 of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent H168 and all its [fn]furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent H168;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings for the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pegs, and all the [fn]equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent H168 of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall set up the [fn]tabernacle of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - “You shall set the laver between the tent H168 of meeting and the altar and put water [fn]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 doorway of the tent H168 of meeting and wash them with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - He spread the tent H168 over the tabernacle and placed the covering of the tent H168 [fn]on top of it, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - Then he put the table in the tent H168 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 - Then he placed the lampstand in the tent H168 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 - Then he placed the gold altar in the tent H168 of meeting in front of the veil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - He placed the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent H168 of meeting, and he offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He placed the laver between the tent H168 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 entered the tent H168 of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Then the cloud covered the tent H168 of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tent H168 of meeting because the cloud had dwelt on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

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Then [fn]Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent H168 of meeting, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male without blemish; he shall bring it near to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - ‘Then he shall slaughter the [fn]young bull before Yahweh; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring near the blood and splash the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - ‘Then he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the tent H168 of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - and he shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent H168 of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall splash its blood around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - ‘Then he shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting before Yahweh, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5 - ‘Then the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent H168 of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - ‘The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense which is before Yahweh in the tent H168 of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - when the sin [fn]which they have [fn]committed becomes known, then the assembly shall bring near a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent H168 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 to the tent H168 of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:18 - ‘And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh [fn]in the tent H168 of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - ‘What is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they shall eat it in the court of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - ‘The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30 - ‘But no sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the tent H168 of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten; it shall be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:3 - and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:4 - So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him. Then the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting,

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Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33 - “And you shall not go outside the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will [fn]ordain you through seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - “At the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and keep the charge of Yahweh, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:5 - So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent H168 of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23 - And Moses and Aaron went into the tent H168 of meeting. Then they came out and blessed the people. And the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - “You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent H168 of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations—

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‘When the days of her cleansing are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent H168 for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed as well as [fn]these things before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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