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Hebrew verb · H2583

חָנָה

chanahkhaw-naw'

to camp

143 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: chânâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2583is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 60
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2583

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

The King James renders it: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chanah is rendered "to camp". It stands 143 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.

  • Seventy-four of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:17So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
  • The Greek text spells it sixty different ways.

The first use

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

Genesis 26:17וַיִּ֥חַן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and they encamped80
  • they encamped8
  • they will encamp8
  • and he encamped7
  • encamped7
  • and those encamp5
  • which encamp3
  • and I will encamp2
  • and it encamped2
  • encamp2
  • encamping2
  • and encamp1

and 16 more, 143 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 143, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

60 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

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

and 48 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3mp80Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural14HVqi3mp
  • Hc/Vqw3ms10Hc/Vqw3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural5HC/Td/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural5HVqrmpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural4HTd/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVqp3cp
  • Hc/Vqq1cs2Hc/Vqq1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular2HVqrfsa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqv2mp

Genesis

two uses
  • So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

    Genesis 26:17

    • וַיִּ֥חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped
  • After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

    Genesis 33:18

    • וַיִּ֖חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he camped

Exodus

nine uses
  • They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

    Exodus 13:20

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

    Exodus 14:2

    • וְיַחֲנוּ֙veyachanuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may encamp
    • תַחֲנ֖וּtachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will encamp
  • The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

    Exodus 14:9

    • חֹנִ֣יםchonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: encamped
  • Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

    Exodus 15:27

    • וַיַּחֲנוּ־vaiyachanu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

    Exodus 17:1

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

    Exodus 18:5

    • חֹנֶ֥הchonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: encamped
  • After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

    Exodus 19:2

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
    • וַיִּֽחַן־vaiyichan-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it encamped

Numbers

seventy-four uses
  • Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

    Numbers 1:50

    • יַחֲנֽוּ׃yachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

    Numbers 1:51

    • וּבַחֲנֹת֙uvachanotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when encamps
  • The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

    Numbers 1:52

    • וְחָנ֖וּvechanuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will encamp
  • But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

    Numbers 1:53

    • יַחֲנ֤וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

    Numbers 2:2

    • יַחֲנ֖וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
    • יַחֲנֽוּ׃yachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:

    Numbers 2:3

    • וְהַחֹנִים֙vehachonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those encamp
  • The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,

    Numbers 2:5

    • וְהַחֹנִ֥יםvehachonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those encamp
  • The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

    Numbers 2:12

    • וְהַחוֹנִ֥םvehachonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those encamp
  • In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

    Numbers 2:17

    • יַחֲנוּ֙yachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

    Numbers 2:27

    • וְהַחֹנִ֥יםvehachonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those encamp
  • So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.

    Numbers 2:34

    • חָנ֤וּchanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they camped
  • The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,

    Numbers 3:23

    • יַחֲנ֖וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

    Numbers 3:29

    • יַחֲנ֑וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

    Numbers 3:35

    • יַחֲנ֖וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will encamp
  • Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

    Numbers 3:38

    • וְהַחֹנִ֣יםvehachonimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those encamp
  • Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

    Numbers 9:17

    • יַחֲנ֖וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
  • At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

    Numbers 9:18

    • יַחֲנ֑וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
    • יַחֲנֽוּ׃yachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
  • Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

    Numbers 9:20

    • יַחֲנ֔וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
  • Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

    Numbers 9:22

    • יַחֲנ֥וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
  • They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

    Numbers 9:23

    • יַחֲנ֔וּyachanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they encamped
  • When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

    Numbers 10:5

    • הַחֹנִ֖יםhachonimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which encamp
  • When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

    Numbers 10:6

    • הַחֹנִ֖יםhachonimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which encamp
  • “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

    Numbers 10:31

    • חֲנֹתֵ֙נוּ֙chanotenuverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: encamping we
  • After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

    Numbers 12:16

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.

    Numbers 21:10

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.

    Numbers 21:11

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.

    Numbers 21:12

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.

    Numbers 21:13

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

    Numbers 22:1

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

    Numbers 31:19

    • חֲנ֛וּchanuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: encamp
  • The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

    Numbers 33:5

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

    Numbers 33:6

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.

    Numbers 33:7

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

    Numbers 33:8

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

    Numbers 33:9

    • וַיַּחֲנוּ־vaiyachanu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

    Numbers 33:10

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

    Numbers 33:11

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

    Numbers 33:12

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

    Numbers 33:13

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

    Numbers 33:14

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

    Numbers 33:15

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

    Numbers 33:16

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

    Numbers 33:17

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

    Numbers 33:18

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

    Numbers 33:19

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

    Numbers 33:20

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

    Numbers 33:21

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

    Numbers 33:22

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

    Numbers 33:23

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

    Numbers 33:24

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

    Numbers 33:25

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

    Numbers 33:26

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

    Numbers 33:27

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

    Numbers 33:28

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

    Numbers 33:29

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

    Numbers 33:30

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

    Numbers 33:31

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

    Numbers 33:32

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

    Numbers 33:33

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

    Numbers 33:34

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

    Numbers 33:35

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

    Numbers 33:36

    • וַיַּחֲנ֥וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.

    Numbers 33:37

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

    Numbers 33:41

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

    Numbers 33:42

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.

    Numbers 33:43

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

    Numbers 33:44

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

    Numbers 33:45

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

    Numbers 33:46

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.

    Numbers 33:47

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

    Numbers 33:48

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

    Numbers 33:49

    • וַיַּחֲנ֤וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

Deuteronomy

one use
  • who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

    Deuteronomy 1:33

    • לַֽחֲנֹֽתְכֶ֑םlachanotekhempreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: to camp you

Joshua

seven uses
  • On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

    Joshua 4:19

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

    Joshua 5:10

    • וַיַּחֲנ֥וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.

    Joshua 8:11

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

    Joshua 10:5

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

    Joshua 10:31

    • וַיִּ֣חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped
  • So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

    Joshua 10:34

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

    Joshua 11:5

    • וַיַּחֲנ֤וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

Judges

twelve uses
  • encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.

    Judges 6:4

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    Judges 6:33

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

    Judges 7:1

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.

    Judges 9:50

    • וַיִּ֥חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped
  • Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

    Judges 10:17

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

    Judges 11:18

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּןvaiyachanunHc/Vqw3mp/Sntagged: and they encamped
  • But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

    Judges 11:20

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.

    Judges 15:9

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

    Judges 18:12

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

    Judges 19:9

    • חֲנ֤וֹתchanotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to decline
  • The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.

    Judges 20:19

    • וַיַּֽחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

1 Samuel

thirteen uses
  • Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

    1 Samuel 4:1

    • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
    • חָנ֥וּchanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they encamped
  • Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

    1 Samuel 11:1

    • וַיִּ֖חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped
  • Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

    1 Samuel 13:5

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

    1 Samuel 13:16

    • חָנ֥וּchanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they encamped
  • Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

    1 Samuel 17:1

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

    1 Samuel 17:2

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

    1 Samuel 26:3

    • וַיִּ֨חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped
  • Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

    1 Samuel 26:5

    • חָנָה־chanah-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had encamped
    • חֹנִ֥יםchonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: encamped
  • The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

    1 Samuel 28:4

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

    1 Samuel 29:1

    • חֹנִ֔יםchonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: encamped

2 Samuel

five uses
  • Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

    2 Samuel 11:11

    • חֹנִ֔יםchonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: encamping
  • Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”

    2 Samuel 12:28

    • וַחֲנֵ֥הvachanehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and encamp
  • So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

    2 Samuel 17:26

    • וַיִּ֤חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it encamped
  • At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    2 Samuel 23:13

    • חֹנָ֖הchonahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: encamped
  • They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

    2 Samuel 24:5

    • וַיַּחֲנ֣וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

1 Kings

four uses
  • In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

    1 Kings 16:15

    • חֹנִ֔יםchonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: encamped
  • and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

    1 Kings 16:16

    • הַחֹנִ֣יםhachonimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: that were encamping
  • The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

    1 Kings 20:27

    • וַיַּחֲנ֨וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped
  • For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

    1 Kings 20:29

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

2 Kings

one use
  • So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

    2 Kings 25:1

    • וַיִּ֣חַןvaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    1 Chronicles 11:15

    • חֹנָ֖הchonahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: encamped
  • So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.

    1 Chronicles 19:7

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

2 Chronicles

one use
  • After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

    2 Chronicles 32:1

    • וַיִּ֙חַן֙vaiyichanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he encamped

Ezra

one use
  • Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

    Ezra 8:15

    • וַנַּחֲנֶ֥הvanachanehHc/Vqw1cptagged: and we encamped

Nehemiah

one use
  • Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

    Nehemiah 11:30

    • וַיַּחֲנ֥וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

Job

one use
  • His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

    Job 19:12

    • וַיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have encamped

Psalms

three uses
  • Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.

    Psalms 27:3

    • תַּחֲנֶ֬הtachanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will encamp
  • The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

    Psalms 34:7

    • חֹנֶ֤הchonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: encamping
  • There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

    Psalms 53:5

    • חֹנָ֑ךְchonakhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: encamped against you

Isaiah

two uses
  • Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

    Isaiah 29:1

    • חָנָ֣הchanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: of he camped
  • I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

    Isaiah 29:3

    • וְחָנִ֥יתִיvechanitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will encamp

Jeremiah

two uses
  • Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

    Jeremiah 50:29

    • חֲנ֧וּchanuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: encamp
  • So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

    Jeremiah 52:4

    • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvaiyachanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they encamped

Nahum

one use
  • Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

    Nahum 3:17

    • הַֽחוֹנִ֤יםhachonimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which encamp

Zechariah

one use
  • But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

    Zechariah 9:8

    • וְחָנִ֨יתִיvechanitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will encamp

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