Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2595
חֲנִית
chanithkhan-eeth'
spear
47 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chănîyth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2595is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 32spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2595
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
The King James renders it: javelin, spear.
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
chanith is rendered "spear". It stands 47 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Twenty of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 13:19And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.
The first use
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
1 Samuel 13:19חֲנִֽית׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty of the word's forty-seven uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a spear10
- the spear10
- spear his8
- and spear his3
- and spears their2
- spear of2
- with own spear his2
- with the spear2
- and a spear1
- and by spear1
- and spear1
- and the spear1
and 4 more, 47 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֲנִינָה | chaninah | favor | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 47, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
32 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
- חֲנִ֣ית5
- חֲנִית֔וֹ5
- הַחֲנִ֜ית3
- הַחֲנִית֙3
- בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃2
- חֲנִ֑ית2
- חֲנִ֔ית2
- בַּֽחֲנִית֙1
- בַּחֲנִ֤ית1
- הַחֲנִ֔ית1
- הַחֲנִ֖ית1
- הַחֲנִ֛ית1
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular11HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular10HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular2HC/R/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2ms
1 Samuel
twenty uses
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
- חֲנִֽית׃chanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
- וַחֲנִית֙vachanitconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a spear
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
- חֲנִית֗וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
- חֲנִית֔וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- וּבַחֲנִ֣יתuvachanitconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with spear
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
- וּבַחֲנִ֖יתuvachanitconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and by spear
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
- וְהַחֲנִ֖יתvehachanitconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the spear
and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
- הַחֲנִ֔יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
- וַחֲנִית֖וֹvachanitoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and spear his
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.
- בַּֽחֲנִית֙bachanitpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the spear
- הַחֲנִ֖יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
- הַחֲנִ֛יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
- חֲנִ֣יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
- וַחֲנִית֣וֹvachanitoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and spear his
That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
- וַחֲנִית֥וֹvachanitoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and spear his
Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
- בַּחֲנִ֤יתbachanitpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the spear
But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
- הַחֲנִ֜יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
- הַחֲנִ֜יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
- חֲנִ֥יתchanitnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: spear of
“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.
- חֲנִ֣יתhachanitnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: spear of
2 Samuel
nine uses
“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- חֲנִית֑וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- הַחֲנִ֜יתhachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
- הַֽחֲנִית֙hachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
- חֲנִית֔וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
- חֲנִ֑יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
- חֲנִית֔וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- חֲנִ֔יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
- הַחֲנִית֙hachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
- בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃bachanitopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with own spear his
2 Kings
one use
Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
- הַחֲנִית֙hachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
1 Chronicles
seven uses
This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
- חֲנִית֛וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
- חֲנִית֔וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- חֲנִית֙chanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
- הַחֲנִית֙hachanitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the spear
- בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃bachanitopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: with own spear his
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
- וַחֲנִ֔יתvachanitconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and spear
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
- חֲנִית֔וֹchanitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spear his
2 Chronicles
one use
Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.
- הַֽחֲנִיתִים֙hachanitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the spears
Job
two uses
Psalms
three uses
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
- חֲנִ֣יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- חֲנִ֑יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: spear
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- חֲנִ֣יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
Isaiah
one use
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙vachanitoteihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and spears their
Micah
one use
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
- וַחֲנִיתֹֽתֵיהֶם֙vachanitoteihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and spears their
Nahum
one use
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
- חֲנִ֔יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
Habakkuk
one use
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃chanitekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: spear your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
