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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 - Yitzchak departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - Ya`akov came in shalom to the city of Shekhem, which is in the land of Kana`an, when he came from Paddan-Aram; and encamped before the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - They took their journey from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, in the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - "Speak to the children of Yisra'el, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hachirot, between Migdol and the sea, before Ba`al-Tzefon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - The Mitzrim pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Par`oh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-Hachirot, before Ba`al-Tzefon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - All the congregation of the children of Yisra'el traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the LORD's mitzvah, and encamped in Refidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moshe into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - When they had departed from Refidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Yisra'el encamped before the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - The children of Yisra'el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Yisra'el: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - "The children of Yisra'el shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Yehudah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Yehudah shall be Nachshon the son of `Amminadav.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Yissakhar: and the prince of the children of Yissakhar shall be Netan'el the son of Tzu`ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Shim`on. The prince of the children of Shim`on shall be Shelumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pag`i'el the son of `Okhran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - Thus the children of Yisra'el did. According to all that the LORD commanded Moshe, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The families of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kehat shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Tzuri'el the son of Avichayil. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moshe, and Aharon and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Yisra'el. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Yisra'el traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Yisra'el encamped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - At the mitzvah of the LORD, the children of Yisra'el traveled, and at the mitzvah of the LORD they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the mitzvah of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the mitzvah of the LORD they traveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Yisra'el remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23 - At the mitzvah of the LORD they encamped, and at the mitzvah of the LORD they traveled. They kept the charge of the LORD, at the mitzvah of the LORD by Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - Afterward the people traveled from Hatzerot, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:10 - The children of Yisra'el traveled, and encamped in Ovot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - They traveled from Ovot, and encamped at `Iye-Avarim, in the wilderness which is before Mo'av, toward the sunrise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:12 - From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amori: for the Arnon is the border of Mo'av, between Mo'av and the Amori.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - The children of Yisra'el traveled, and encamped in the plains of Mo'av beyond the Yarden at Yericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - Encamp you outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:5 - The children of Yisra'el traveled from Ra`meses, and encamped in Sukkot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6 - They traveled from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:7 - They traveled from Etam, and turned back to Pi-Hachirot, which is before Ba`al-Tzefon: and they encamped before Migdol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 - They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etam, and encamped in Marah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9 - They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Sea of Suf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They traveled from the Sea of Suf, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12 - They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dofka.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:13 - They traveled from Dofka, and encamped in Alush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Refidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15 - They traveled from Refidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.

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