Hebrew · H2595

חֲנִית

A lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)

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חֲנִיתH2595

What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?

חֲנִית is a Hebrew word meaning "a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)".

Full entry for חֲנִית (H2595) · Open the biblical lexicon

Questions this entry answers

What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?

חֲנִית is a Hebrew word meaning "a lance (for thrusting , like pitching a tent)".

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 spear6×1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23

his spear5×1 Samuel 20:33, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:11

spear5×1 Samuel 26:16, 1 Samuel 26:22, Job 39:23, Nahum 3:3

with his spear4×1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Samuel 22:6, 1 Samuel 26:7

a spear2×1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 21:8

and spear2×1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Chronicles 12:34

and their spears2×Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3

had a spear2×2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23

of his spear2×1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 2:23

of whose spear2×2 Samuel 21:19, 1 Chronicles 20:5

or spear2×1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 17:47

the spears2×2 Kings 11:10, 2 Chronicles 23:9

with his own spear2×2 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 spear1×1 Samuel 19:10

are spears1×Psalms 57:4

let me thrust the spear1×1 Samuel 26:8

nor does the spear1×Job 41:26

of a spear1×2 Samuel 23:7

spears1×1 Samuel 13:19

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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row1 Samuel 13:19

Aligned rows47

Books represented11

1 Samuel202 Samuel92 Kings11 Chronicles72 Chronicles1Job2Psalms3Isaiah1Micah1Nahum1Habakkuk1

Source forms

חֲנִית֔וֹ5xḥă·nî·ṯōw1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:20

חֲנִ֣ית4xḥă·nîṯ1 Samuel 21:8, Job 39:23, Psalms 35:3, Psalms 57:4

הַחֲנִ֜ית3xha·ḥă·nîṯ1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Samuel 2:23

הַחֲנִית֙3xha·ḥă·nîṯ2 Samuel 23:21, 2 Kings 11:10, 1 Chronicles 11:23

בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃2xba·ḥă·nî·ṯōw2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23

חֲנִ֑ית2xḥă·nîṯ2 Samuel 23:7, Psalms 46:9

חֲנִ֔ית2xḥă·nîṯ2 Samuel 23:21, Nahum 3:3

בַּֽחֲנִית֙1xba·ḥă·nîṯ1 Samuel 19:10

Parsing patterns

Noun - feminine singular12x1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Samuel 21:8, 1 Samuel 26:22, 2 Samuel 23:7

Article | Noun - feminine singular10x1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Samuel 20:33, 1 Samuel 26:11

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular8x1 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 23:18

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular3x1 Samuel 19:9, 1 Samuel 22:6, 1 Samuel 26:7

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural2xIsaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular2x1 Samuel 13:22, 1 Chronicles 12:34

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular2x1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 17:47

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular2x2 Samuel 23:21, 1 Chronicles 11:23

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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חֲנִית

What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?

What does חֲנִית mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H2595?

Where does חֲנִית appear in Scripture?

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