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Word Study · Strong's H2583 · Hebrew

חָנָה

chanah

khaw-naw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chânâh

properly, to incline

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)

Rendered in the KJV as

abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

  • 143
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 60
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 143 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 60

  • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ47
  • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙9
  • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ7
  • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ4
  • יַחֲנ֖וּ4
  • וַיַּחֲנ֥וּ3
  • חֹנִ֔ים3
  • יַחֲנֽוּ׃3
  • הַחֹנִ֖ים2
  • וְהַחֹנִ֥ים2
  • וַיִּ֥חַן2
  • וַיִּ֖חַן2

and 48 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 32

  • and they encamped79
  • they encamped8
  • they will encamp8
  • and he encamped7
  • and those [who] encamp5
  • [was] encamped4
  • which encamp3
  • [were] encamped2
  • and I will encamp2
  • and it encamped2
  • encamp2
  • [are] encamping1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 24

  • Hc/Vqw3mp80
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural14
  • Hc/Vqw3ms10
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural5
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural5
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural4
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
  • Hc/Vqq1cs2
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 80
  • HVqi3mp · 14
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 10
  • HC/Td/Vqrmpa · 5
  • HVqrmpa · 5
  • HTd/Vqrmpa · 4
  • HVqp3cp · 3
  • Hc/Vqq1cs · 2
  • HVqp3ms · 2
  • HVqrfsa · 2
  • HVqrmsa · 2
  • HVqv2mp · 2

All 143, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus9 occurrences
Numbers74 occurrences
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Joshua7 occurrences
Judges12 occurrences
1 Samuel13 occurrences
2 Samuel5 occurrences
1 Kings4 occurrences
2 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
Nahum1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).