Strong's Hebrew · H168

אֹהֶל

ʼôhel · o'-hel

covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

Definition

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

Derivation

from H166 (אָהַל);

Appears 346 times in Scripture

Genesis 9:21

But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Genesis 31:33

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.

Genesis 13:3

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,

Genesis 12:8

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.

Exodus 29:32

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.

Genesis 9:27

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

Genesis 18:1

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.

Genesis 18:2

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.

Genesis 4:20

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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