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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).
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 348 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 7 (Num 10:3–Jos 22:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - “So both will be blown, and all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 -

Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent H168; and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly, and it was evil in the sight of Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 -

Yahweh therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers, and take them to the tent H168 of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 -

So Moses went out and told the people the words of Yahweh. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent H168.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 -

But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the [fn]other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent H168), and they prophesied in the camp.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - Suddenly Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the tent H168 of meeting.” So the three of them came out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent H168, and He called [fn]Aaron and Miriam. And then both came forward,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But the cloud withdrew from over the tent H168, and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent H168 of meeting to all the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So they each took his own censer and put fire on [fn]it, and laid incense on [fn]it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting. And the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents H168 of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, lest you be swept away in all their sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; but Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents H168, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent H168 of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43 - Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent H168 of meeting,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, for the plague had been checked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4 - “You shall then deposit them in the tent H168 of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - So Moses deposited the rods before Yahweh in the tent H168 of the testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 -

Now it happened on the next day Moses went into the tent H168 of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced flowers, and it bore ripe almonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “But bring near with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and minister to you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent H168 of the testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - “And they shall thus keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent H168, but they shall not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, so that neither they nor you will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - “And they shall be joined with you and keep the responsibility of the tent H168 of meeting, for all the service of the tent H168; but [fn]an outsider may not come near you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - “And behold, I Myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to Yahweh, to perform the service for the tent H168 of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 -

“Now to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent H168 of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:22 - “And the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent H168 of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent H168 of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘And you may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent H168 of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:4 - ‘Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent H168 of meeting seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:14 -

‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent H168: everyone who comes into the tent H168 and everyone who is in the tent H168 shall be unclean for seven days.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - ‘And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent H168 and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on the one who touched the bone or the one slain or the one dying naturally or the grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6 - Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to them;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 -

How fair are your tents H168, O Jacob,

Your dwellings, O Israel!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 -

Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought near to his brothers a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and they brought it to the tent H168 of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27 - and you grumbled in your tents H168 and said, ‘Because Yahweh hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - ‘Go, say to them, “Return to your tents H168.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents H168, and every living thing that [fn]followed them, among all Israel
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - “And you shall cook and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, [fn]the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent H168 of meeting, that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent H168 of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15 - And Yahweh appeared in the tent H168 in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:18 -

Of Zebulun he said,

“Be glad, Zebulun, in your going forth,

And, Issachar, in your tents H168.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 -

So it happened that when the people set out from their tents H168 to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred [fn]shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; then I [fn]coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent H168 with the silver underneath it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 -

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent H168; and behold, it was concealed in his tent H168 with the silver underneath it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - And they took them from inside the tent H168 and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his [fn]oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent H168, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of [fn]Achor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 -

Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh and set up the tent H168 of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 -

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the [fn]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - “And now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; so now turn and go to your tents H168, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.

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