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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 48 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Now there was no smith found throughout all Eretz-Yisra'el; for the Pelishtim said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Sha'ul and Yonatan: but with Sha'ul and with Yonatan his son was there found.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then said David to the Pelishti, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Yisra'el, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that all this assembly may know that the LORD doesn't save with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Sha'ul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Sha'ul had his spear in his hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:11 - and Sha'ul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - An evil spirit from the LORD was on Sha'ul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - Sha'ul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Sha'ul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Sha'ul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Yonatan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - David said to Achimelekh, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - Sha'ul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Sha'ul was sitting in Gevah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Avishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Sha'ul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Aviner and the people lay round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then said Avishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the eretz at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should put forth my hand against the LORD's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jar of water from Sha'ul's head; and they got them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This thing isn't good that you have done. As the LORD lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Sha'ul was leaning on his spear; and, behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However he refused to turn aside: therefore Aviner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where `Asa'el fell down and died stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - There was again war with the Pelishtim at Gov; and Elchanan the son of Ya`are-Oregim the Beit-Hallachmite killed Golyat the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: They shall be utterly burned with fire in their place

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Avishai, the brother of Yo'av, the son of Tzeru'yah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He killed a Mitzrian, a goodly man: and the Mitzrian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Mitzrian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - The Kohen delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Yashov`am, the son of a Hakhmoni, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Avishai, the brother of Yo'av, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He killed a Mitzrian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Mitzrian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Mitzrian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - Of Naftali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - There was again war with the Pelishtim; and Elchanan the son of Ya'ir killed Lachmi the brother of Golyat the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Yehoiada the Kohen delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 - The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - If one lay at him with the sword, it can't avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 - Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your yeshu`ah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the end of the eretz. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He will judge between the nations, And will decide concerning many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - And he will judge between many peoples, And will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Neither will they learn war any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in the sky, At the light of your arrows as they went, At the shining of your glittering spear.
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