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Lexicon :: Strong's H2583 - ḥānâ

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חָנָה
Transliteration
ḥānâ
Pronunciation
khaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָנַן (H2603)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 690

Strong’s Definitions

חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

  1. to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

    1. (Qal)

      1. to decline

      2. to encamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
STRONGS H2583: Abbreviations
חָנָה 143 verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic axno to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli מחנת construct camp, Inscription Panammu13. 16. 17; Arabic حَنَا bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian mûnu, mênu and tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, ZimBP 44, 45 Dl in Zim117) —
Qal Perfect חָנָה 1 Samuel 26:5; Isaiah 29:1; וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive Isaiah 29:3; Zechariah 9:8; חָנוּ Numbers 2:34 + 2 times; וְחָנוּ consecutive Numbers 1:52; Imperfect וַיִּחַן Genesis 26:17 + 9 times; 3rd person feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Psalm 27:3; יַחֲנוּ Numbers 1:50 + 13 times Numbers + Exodus 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ Exodus 13:26 + 79 times (of which 42 in Numbers 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן Judges 11:18; 2nd person masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exodus 14:2; 1st person plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezra 8:15; Imperative חֲנֵה 2 Samuel 12:28; חֲנוּ Numbers 31:19; Jeremiah 50:29; Infinitive חֲנוֺת Judges 19:9; חֲנֹת Numbers 1:51; suffix חֲנֹתֵנוּ Numbers 10:31; חֲנֹתְכֶם Deuteronomy 1:33; Participle חֹנֶה Exodus 18:5; Psalm 34:8; feminine חֹנָה 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; חֹנָ֑ךְ Psalm 53:6; plural חֹנִים Exodus 14:9 + 11 times; חוֺנִים Numbers 2:2; Nahum 3:17; —
1. decline, of day drawing to its close חֲנוֺת הַיּוֺם Judges 19:9 (|| רָפָה הַיּ׳ לַעֲרוֺב; also נְטוֺת הַיּ׳ Judges 19:8; הַיּוֺם רַד מְאֹד Judges 19:11).
2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
a. of single nomad Genesis 26:17 (J; followed by ב), Genesis 33:18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני).
b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exodus 13:20 (ב) Exodus 14:2 (לִפְנֵי), Exodus 14:2 (עַל), + approximately 80 times (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23 compare Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom (|| ישׁבו Nehemiah 11:25).
c. of armies:
(1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Joshua 4:19; Joshua 5:10 + often;
(2) Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; 2 Samuel 23:23 +; usually followed by ב location Numbers 10:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; Joshua 4:19; 1 Samuel 13:5 + 63 times (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Samuel 24:5 read וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr see חלל); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nahum 3:17; also followed by עַל＝by, near Exodus 14:2, 9; Exodus 15:27; Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:2, 5, 12, 27; Numbers 3:29, 35 (על ירך), Numbers 33:10; Judges 7:1; 1 Samuel 4:1; עלפֿני השׂדה (על in different sense) 2 Samuel 11:11; followed by עַל also＝against, encamp with hostile purpose Joshua 10:5, 31, 34; Judges 6:4; Judges 20:19; 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:28; 1 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 52:4; Psalm 27:3; followed by אֶלֿ in same sense Joshua 11:5; metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (על) Isaiah 29:3; followed by also לְ＝at, by Numbers 2:34; Zechariah 9:8; שָׁם ֗֗֗ אשׁר Exodus 18:5; 1 Samuel 26:5; followed by סביב לְ for protection Numbers 1:50, 53, compare metaphor Psalm 34:8, but also hostility Job 19:12; also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. מֵעֵבֶר Numbers 21:13; מחוץ Numbers 31:19; בין 1 Samuel 17:1; נגד 1 Kings 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2 Samuel 17:26; followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense חֹנָ֑ךָ Psalm 53:6; without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23; Ezra 8:15; 2 Samuel 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Isaiah 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:17; 26:17; 33:18

Exodus

13:20; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:9; 14:9; 15:27; 18:5; 18:5

Numbers

1:50; 1:50; 1:51; 1:52; 1:52; 1:53; 2:2; 2:2; 2:5; 2:12; 2:27; 2:34; 2:34; 3:29; 3:35; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 9:20; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 10:31; 10:31; 21:13; 31:19; 31:19; 33; 33:10

Deuteronomy

1:33

Joshua

4:19; 4:19; 5:10; 10:5; 10:31; 10:34; 11:5

Judges

6:4; 7:1; 11:18; 19:8; 19:9; 19:9; 19:11; 20:19

1 Samuel

4:1; 4:1; 4:1; 11:1; 13:5; 13:16; 13:16; 17:1; 26:5; 26:5

2 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 12:28; 12:28; 17:26; 23:13; 23:23; 24:5

1 Kings

16:15; 20:27

2 Kings

25:1

1 Chronicles

11:15

2 Chronicles

32:1

Ezra

8:15; 8:15; 8:15

Nehemiah

11:25; 11:30

Job

19:12

Psalms

27:3; 27:3; 34:8; 34:8; 53:6; 53:6

Isaiah

29:1; 29:1; 29:3; 29:3

Jeremiah

50:29; 50:29; 52:4

Nahum

3:17; 3:17

Zechariah

9:8; 9:8

H2583

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Strong's Number H2583 matches the Hebrew חָנָה (ḥānâ),
which occurs 143 times in 135 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:17–Num 33:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and [fn]took up a position in front of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and encamped in Othom by the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Beel-sepphon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - And they came to Ælim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances to touch it die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his [fn]company, with their host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - Let the children of Israel encamp fronting each other, every man keeping his own rank, according to their standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the camp of Juda with their host, and the prince of the sons of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nathanael the son of Sogar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And they that encamp next to him shall be of the tribe of Symeon, and the prince of the sons of Symeon shall be Salamiel the son of Surisadai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - And then the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites shall be between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And they that encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel departed; and in whatever place the cloud rested, there the children of Israel encamped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - The children of Israel shall encamp by the command of the Lord, and by the command of the Lord they shall remove: all the days in which the cloud overshadows the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - And it shall be, whenever the cloud overshadows the tabernacle [fn]a number of days, they shall encamp by the word of the Lord, and shall remove by the command of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - When the cloud continues [fn]a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23 - For they shall depart by the command of the Lord:—they kept the charge of the Lord by the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - And ye shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - And he said, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:10 - And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:12 - And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of the [fn]Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And ye shall encamp outside the great camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a [fn]dead body, [fn]shall be purified on the third day, and ye and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:5 - And the children of Israel departed from Ramesses, and encamped in Socchoth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6 - and they departed from Socchoth and encamped in Buthan, which is a part of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:7 - And they departed from Buthan and encamped at the mouth of Iroth, which is opposite Beel-sepphon, and encamped opposite Magdol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 - And they departed from before Iroth, and crossed the middle of the sea into the wilderness; and they went a journey of three days through the wilderness, and encamped in [fn]Picriæ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9 - And they departed from Picriæ, and came to Ælim; and in Ælim were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there by the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - And they departed from Ælim, and encamped by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12 - And they departed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Raphaca.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:13 - And they departed from Raphaca, and encamped in Ælus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - And they departed from Ælus, and encamped in Raphidin; and there was no water there for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15 - And they departed from Raphidin, and encamped in the wilderness of Sina.

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