Spear
חֲנִיתStrong’s H2595chanit (cha-nit)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chanit is the Hebrew word usually translated “spear”, “spear his” and “spear of”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:”
Meaning
- Spear
How it's translated
- a spear 10
- the spear 10
- spear his 8
- and spear his 3
- with the spear 2
- spear of 2
- with own spear his 2
- and spears their 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 18
- 2 Samuel 6
- 1 Chronicles 5
- Psalms 3
- Job 2
- 2 Kings 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 13:22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
- 1 Samuel 17:7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
- 1 Samuel 18:10And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
- 1 Samuel 18:11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חֲנִית chanit · spear
1) spear 1a) spear 1a1) shaft of a spear 1a2) spear-head
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPEAR, noun
- A long pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing; a lance.
- A sharp pointed instrument with barbs; used for stabbing fish and other animals.
- A shoot, as of grass; usually spire.
All definitions and other forms of “spear”
SPEAR, verb transitive
To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
SPEAR, verb intransitive
To shoot into a long stem. [See Spire.]
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.