To camp
חָנָהStrong’s H2583chanah (cha-nah)
Appears in 135 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “encamped”, “encamp” and “those encamp”. It appears in 135 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.”
Meaning
- To decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against(Qal)
How it's translated
- and they encamped 80
- they will encamp 8
- they encamped 8
- and he encamped 7
- encamped 7
- and those encamp 5
- which encamp 3
- and it encamped 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 72
- Judges 11
- 1 Samuel 10
- Exodus 7
- Joshua 7
- 2 Samuel 5
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 26:17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
- Exodus 13:20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
- Exodus 14:2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
- Exodus 14:9But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
- Exodus 15:27And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
All 135 verses, by book
- Numbers 72
- 1:501:511:521:532:22:32:52:122:172:272:343:233:293:353:389:179:189:209:229:2310:510:610:3112:1621:1021:1121:1221:1322:131:1933:533:633:733:833:933:1033:1133:1233:1333:1433:1533:1633:1733:1833:1933:2033:2133:2233:2333:2433:2533:2633:2733:2833:2933:3033:3133:3233:3333:3433:3533:3633:3733:4133:4233:4333:4433:4533:4633:4733:4833:49
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1:33
- 2 Kings 1
- 25:1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- 32:1
- Ezra 1
- 8:15
- Nehemiah 1
- 11:30
- Job 1
- 19:12
- Nahum 1
- 3:17
- Zechariah 1
- 9:8
Hebrew dictionary
חָנָה chanah · to camp
1) to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to decline 1a2) to encamp
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “camp” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAMP, noun
- The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.
- The order or arrangement of tents, or disposition of an army, for rest; as, to pitch a camp Also, the troops encamped on the same field.
- An army.
All definitions and other forms of “camp”
CAMP, verb transitive
or I. To rest or lodge, as an army, usually in tents; to pitch a camp; to fix tents; but seldom used. [See Encamp.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.