Strong's Lexicon chanah: To encamp, to pitch tents, to dwell, to rest Original Word: חָנָה Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4637 σκηνόω (skenoo) - to dwell, to encamp, to tabernacle - G3925 παρεμβάλλω (paremballo) - to encamp, to set up camp Usage: The Hebrew verb "chanah" primarily means to encamp or to pitch tents, often used in the context of armies or groups settling temporarily in a location. It conveys the idea of setting up a temporary dwelling place, resting, or abiding in a particular area. This term is frequently used in the Old Testament to describe the Israelites' encampments during their wilderness wanderings and military campaigns. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern culture, nomadic and semi-nomadic lifestyles were common, with people frequently moving and setting up temporary camps. The Israelites, during their exodus from Egypt and subsequent wanderings in the wilderness, often encamped as they traveled towards the Promised Land. The concept of encampment was not only practical but also had spiritual significance, as it often involved the presence of God dwelling among His people, symbolized by the Tabernacle situated at the center of the camp. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to decline, bend down, encamp NASB Translation besieged* (2), camp (25), camped (96), camping (5), coming to an end (1), encamp (3), encamped (3), encamps (2), pitched (2), remained camped (3), Settling (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs חָנָה143 verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic  to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli מחנת construct camp, Inscription Panammu13. 16. 17; Arabic  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 2t.; וְחָנוּ consecutive Numbers 1:52; Imperfect וַיִּחַן Genesis 26:17 9t.; 3 feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Psalm 27:3; יַחֲנוּ Numbers 1:50 13t. Numbers + Exodus 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ Exodus 13:26 79t. (of which 42 in Numbers 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן Judges 11:18; 2masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exodus 14:2; 1plural 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 11t.; 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 V: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 t. (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 + 63t. (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Samuel 24:5 read וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן ᵐ5L 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; 2Chronicles 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; אשׁרשָׁ֗֗֗ם 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance abide in tents, camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch tent, rest in tentA primitive root (compare chanan); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp (for abode or siege) -- abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent. see HEBREW chanan Forms and Transliterations הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים הַחֹנִ֖ים הַחֹנִ֣ים החונים החנים וְהַחֹנִ֣ים וְהַחֹנִ֥ים וְהַחֹנִים֙ וְהַחוֹנִ֥ם וְחָנ֖וּ וְחָנִ֥יתִי וְחָנִ֨יתִי וְיַחֲנוּ֙ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּן וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ וַחֲנֵ֥ה וַיִּ֖חַן וַיִּ֙חַן֙ וַיִּ֣חַן וַיִּ֤חַן וַיִּ֥חַן וַיִּ֨חַן וַיִּֽחַן־ וַיַּֽחֲנ֖וּ וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ וַיַּחֲנ֥וּ וַיַּחֲנ֨וּ וַיַּחֲנוּ־ וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה וּבַחֲנֹת֙ ובחנת והחונם והחנים וחנה וחנו וחניתי ויחן ויחן־ ויחנו ויחנו־ ויחנון ונחנה חֲנ֛וּ חֲנ֤וֹת חֲנ֧וּ חֲנֹתֵ֙נוּ֙ חָנ֤וּ חָנ֥וּ חָנָ֣ה חָנָה־ חֹנִ֔ים חֹנִ֣ים חֹנִ֥ים חֹנֶ֤ה חֹנֶ֥ה חֹנָ֑ךְ חֹנָ֖ה חנה חנה־ חנו חנות חנים חנך חנתנו יַחֲנ֑וּ יַחֲנ֔וּ יַחֲנ֖וּ יַחֲנ֤וּ יַחֲנ֥וּ יַחֲנֽוּ׃ יַחֲנוּ֙ יחנו יחנו׃ לַֽחֲנֹֽתְכֶ֑ם לחנתכם תַּחֲנֶ֬ה תַחֲנ֖וּ תחנה תחנו chanah chaNot chanoTenu chaNu choNach choNah choNeh choNim ha·ḥō·nîm ha·ḥō·w·nîm ḥā·nāh ḥā·nāh- ḥă·nō·ṯê·nū ḥă·nō·wṯ ḥă·nū ḥā·nū hachoNim haḥōnîm haḥōwnîm ḥānāh ḥānāh- ḥănōṯênū ḥănōwṯ ḥănū ḥānū ḥō·nāh ḥō·nāḵ ḥō·neh ḥō·nîm ḥōnāh ḥōnāḵ ḥōneh ḥōnîm la·ḥă·nō·ṯə·ḵem lachanoteChem laḥănōṯəḵem ta·ḥă·neh ṯa·ḥă·nū tachaNeh tachaNu taḥăneh ṯaḥănū ū·ḇa·ḥă·nōṯ ūḇaḥănōṯ uvachaNot vachaNeh vaiyachaNu vaiyachaNun vaiYichan vannachaNeh vechaNiti vechaNu vehachoNim veyachaNu wa·ḥă·nêh waḥănêh wan·na·ḥă·neh wannaḥăneh way·ya·ḥă·nū way·ya·ḥă·nū- way·ya·ḥă·nūn way·yi·ḥan way·yi·ḥan- wayyaḥănū wayyaḥănū- wayyaḥănūn wayyiḥan wayyiḥan- wə·ha·ḥō·nîm wə·ha·ḥō·w·nim wə·ḥā·nî·ṯî wə·ḥā·nū wə·ya·ḥă·nū wəhaḥōnîm wəhaḥōwnim wəḥānîṯî wəḥānū wəyaḥănū ya·ḥă·nū yachaNu yaḥănūLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 26:17 HEB: מִשָּׁ֖ם יִצְחָ֑ק וַיִּ֥חַן בְּנַֽחַל־ גְּרָ֖ר NAS: from there and camped in the valley KJV: departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley INT: there and Isaac and camped the valley of Gerar Genesis 33:18 Exodus 13:20 Exodus 14:2 Exodus 14:2 Exodus 14:9 Exodus 15:27 Exodus 17:1 Exodus 18:5 Exodus 19:2 Exodus 19:2 Numbers 1:50 Numbers 1:51 Numbers 1:52 Numbers 1:53 Numbers 2:2 Numbers 2:2 Numbers 2:3 Numbers 2:5 Numbers 2:12 Numbers 2:17 Numbers 2:27 Numbers 2:34 Numbers 3:23 Numbers 3:29 143 Occurrences |
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