Hebrew word study
חָנָהchânâh — properly, to incline
Pronounced “khaw-naw'”
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Translated in the King James as: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Appears 141 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן));
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 2×
Exodus — 8×
Numbers — 73×
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Deuteronomy — 1×
Judges — 12×
1 Samuel — 13×
1 Kings — 4×
2 Kings — 1×
1 Chronicles — 2×
2 Chronicles — 1×
Ezra — 1×
Nehemiah — 1×
Job — 1×
Psalms — 3×
Isaiah — 2×
Jeremiah — 2×
Nahum — 1×
Zechariah — 1×
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