Strong's Hebrew · H2583

חָנָה

chânâh · khaw-naw'

Definitionproperly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Derivationa primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן));
KJV usageabide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Occurrences143 in the KJV · 135 verses

חָנָה in Scripture

Genesis 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan -aram; and pitched his tent before the city. Exodus 13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. Exodus 14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi -hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal -zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. Exodus 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi -hahiroth, before Baal -zephon. Exodus 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. Exodus 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Exodus 18:5 And Jethro, Moses' father -in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: Exodus 19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. Numbers 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Numbers 1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Numbers 1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
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