Strong's Hebrew · H168
H168 ʼôhel
אֹהֶל
o'-hel
tent
Looking for Greek G168 akathártēs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H168. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ʼôhel appears 346 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:20 and Exodus 29:32. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
In the King James Version
covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Derivation
from H166 (אָהַל);
Appears 346 times in Scripture
“But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.”
“So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.”
“From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,”
“From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.”
“At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.”
“May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.””
“Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.”
“And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.”
“Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.”
“Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
