Strong's Hebrew · H2583
H2583 chânâh
חָנָה
khaw-naw'
to camp
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chânâh appears 143 times in Scripture, including Genesis 26:17 and Exodus 13:20. 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
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)
In the King James Version
abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן));
Appears 143 times in Scripture
““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.”
“After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.”
“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.”
“So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.”
“They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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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).
