Definition
a primitive root (compare H2603); 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)
Traditional renderings: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Traditional renderings: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָנָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
143 total
- Genesis 26:17וַיִּ֥חַן · and encampedSo Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
- Genesis 33:18וַיִּ֖חַן · and he campedAfter 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.
- Exodus 13:20וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ · and campedThey set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
- Exodus 14:2וְיַחֲנוּ֙ · and encamp; תַחֲנ֖וּ · You are to encamp“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.
- Exodus 14:9חֹנִ֣ים · as they campedThe 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.
- Exodus 15:27וַיַּחֲנוּ־ · and they campedThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
- Exodus 17:1וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ · They campedThen 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.
- Exodus 18:5חֹנֶ֥ה · was encampedMoses’ 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.
- Exodus 19:2וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ; וַיִּֽחַן־ · campedAfter they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
- Numbers 1:50יַחֲנֽוּ׃ · and campInstead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
- Numbers 1:51וּבַחֲנֹת֙ · is to be pitchedWhenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 1:52וְחָנ֖וּ · are to campThe Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
- Numbers 1:53יַחֲנ֤וּ · are to campBut the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 2:2יַחֲנ֖וּ · are to camp; יַחֲנֽוּ׃“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
- Numbers 2:3וְהַחֹנִים֙ · are to campOn the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
- Numbers 2:5וְהַחֹנִ֥ים · will campThe tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,
- Numbers 2:12וְהַחוֹנִ֥ם · will campThe tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
- Numbers 2:17יַחֲנוּ֙ · they encampedIn the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
- Numbers 2:27וְהַחֹנִ֥ים · will campThe tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,
- Numbers 2:34חָנ֤וּ · they campedSo the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
- Numbers 3:23יַחֲנ֖וּ · were to campThe Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
- Numbers 3:29יַחֲנ֑וּ · were to campThe clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
- Numbers 3:35יַחֲנ֖וּ · they were to campThe leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:38וְהַחֹנִ֣ים · were to campMoses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- Numbers 9:17יַחֲנ֖וּ · would campWhenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
- Numbers 9:18יַחֲנ֑וּ · they camped; יַחֲנֽוּ׃ · they remained encampedAt the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
- Numbers 9:20יַחֲנ֔וּ · and they would campSometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.
- Numbers 9:22יַחֲנ֥וּ · campedWhether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
- Numbers 9:23יַחֲנ֔וּ · They campedThey camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
- Numbers 10:5הַחֹנִ֖ים · that lieWhen you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
- Numbers 10:6הַחֹנִ֖ים · that lieWhen you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
- Numbers 10:31חֲנֹתֵ֙נוּ֙ · where we should camp“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
- Numbers 12:16וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedAfter that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 21:10וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedThen the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
- Numbers 21:11וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ · and campedThey journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
- Numbers 21:12וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · out and campedFrom there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
- Numbers 21:13וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ · and campedFrom there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:1וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ · and campedThen the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:19חֲנ֛וּ · are to remainAll of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
- Numbers 33:5וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedThe Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
- Numbers 33:6וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ · and campedThey set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
- Numbers 33:7וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and they campedThey set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
- Numbers 33:8וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedThey set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
- Numbers 33:9וַיַּחֲנוּ־ · and they campedThey set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
- Numbers 33:10וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedThey set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
- Numbers 33:11וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ · and campedThey set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.