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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 32
    spellings

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.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

חֲנִינָהchaninahfavorUses1

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.”

    1 Samuel 13:19

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 13:22

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 17:7

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 17:45

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 17:47

    • 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,

    1 Samuel 18:10

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 18:11

    • 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,

    1 Samuel 19:9

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 19:10

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 20:33

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 21:8

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 22:6

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 26:7

    • 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!”

    1 Samuel 26:8

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 26:11

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 26:12

    • 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?”

    1 Samuel 26:16

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 26:22

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 1:6

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 2:23

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 21:19

    • 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.”

    2 Samuel 23:7

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 23:18

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 23:21

    • 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.

    2 Kings 11:10

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 11:11

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 11:20

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 11:23

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 12:34

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 20:5

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 23:9

    • הַֽחֲנִיתִים֙hachanitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the spears

Job

two uses
  • A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

    Job 39:23

    • חֲנִ֣יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear
  • The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

    Job 41:26

    • חֲנִ֖יתchanitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a spear

Psalms

three uses
  • Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

    Psalms 35:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 46:9

    • 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.

    Psalms 57:4

    • 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.

    Isaiah 2:4

    • 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.

    Micah 4:3

    • 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—

    Nahum 3:3

    • 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.

    Habakkuk 3:11

    • חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃chanitekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: spear your

The letters

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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