Strong's Hebrew · H2583
חָנָה
chânâh · khaw-naw'
abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Definition
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
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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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).