What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?
חֲנִית is a Hebrew word meaning "a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)".
Hebrew · H2595
חֲנִית
A lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)
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חֲנִית H2595
What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?
חֲנִית is a Hebrew word meaning "a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2595?
The BSB source-word alignment has 47 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the spear (6), his spear (5), spear (5), with his spear (4), a spear (2).
Where does חֲנִית appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Samuel 13:19. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Samuel (20), 2 Samuel (9), 1 Chronicles (7), Psalms (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the spear 6× 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23
his spear 5× 1 Samuel 20:33, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:11
spear 5× 1 Samuel 26:16, 1 Samuel 26:22, Job 39:23, Nahum 3:3
with his spear 4× 1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Samuel 22:6, 1 Samuel 26:7
a spear 2× 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 21:8
and spear 2× 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Chronicles 12:34
and their spears 2× Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3
had a spear 2× 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23
of his spear 2× 1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 2:23
of whose spear 2× 2 Samuel 21:19, 1 Chronicles 20:5
or spear 2× 1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 17:47
the spears 2× 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Chronicles 23:9
with his own spear 2× 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23
- 1× 1 Samuel 17:7
. . . 1× 1 Samuel 18:11
and [it] 1× 2 Samuel 2:23
and the spear 1× 1 Samuel 19:10
are spears 1× Psalms 57:4
let me thrust the spear 1× 1 Samuel 26:8
nor does the spear 1× Job 41:26
of a spear 1× 2 Samuel 23:7
spears 1× 1 Samuel 13:19
Show sample aligned rows
1 Samuel 13:19 חֲנִֽית׃ to spears Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 13:22 וַחֲנִית֙ to or spear Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 17:7 חֲנִית֗וֹ to of his spear Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 17:7 חֲנִית֔וֹ to - Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 17:45 וּבַחֲנִ֣ית to and spear Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 17:47 וּבַחֲנִ֖ית to or spear Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 18:10 וְהַחֲנִ֖ית to a spear Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 18:11 הַחֲנִ֔ית to . . . Article | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 19:9 וַחֲנִית֖וֹ to with his spear Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 19:10 בַּֽחֲנִית֙ to with his spear Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Samuel 13:19
Aligned rows 47
Books represented 11
1 Samuel 20 2 Samuel 9 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 1 Job 2 Psalms 3 Isaiah 1 Micah 1 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
חֲנִית֔וֹ 5x ḥă·nî·ṯōw 1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:20
חֲנִ֣ית 4x ḥă·nîṯ 1 Samuel 21:8, Job 39:23, Psalms 35:3, Psalms 57:4
הַחֲנִ֜ית 3x ha·ḥă·nîṯ 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Samuel 2:23
הַחֲנִית֙ 3x ha·ḥă·nîṯ 2 Samuel 23:21, 2 Kings 11:10, 1 Chronicles 11:23
בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃ 2x ba·ḥă·nî·ṯōw 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23
חֲנִ֑ית 2x ḥă·nîṯ 2 Samuel 23:7, Psalms 46:9
חֲנִ֔ית 2x ḥă·nîṯ 2 Samuel 23:21, Nahum 3:3
בַּֽחֲנִית֙ 1x ba·ḥă·nîṯ 1 Samuel 19:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 12x 1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Samuel 21:8, 1 Samuel 26:22, 2 Samuel 23:7
Article | Noun - feminine singular 10x 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Samuel 20:33, 1 Samuel 26:11
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 8x 1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 23:18
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 3x 1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 22:6, 1 Samuel 26:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural 2x Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 2x 1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Chronicles 12:34
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 2x 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 17:47
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)
Source Gloss
a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) BDB: spear Usage: javelin, spear.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain