H168 - אֹהֶל (ʼôhel)

H168 אֹהֶל (ʼôhel) o'-hel

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

tent

Strong's Definition

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

Derivation: from H166 (אָהַל);

KJV Usage: covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

TWOT Reference: 32a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) tent

1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

1b) dwelling, home, habitation

1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2646 G3624 G4633 G4638

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: tent 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle) Also means: o.hel (אֹ֫הֶל ": home" H0168H)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֹהֶל ôhel BDB Definition: 1) tent 1a) nomads tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H166 Same Word by TWOT Number: 32a Total KJV Occurrences: 345

Bible Occurrences (314)

4:20 9:21 9:27 12:8 13:3 13:5 18:1 18:2 18:6 18:9 18:10 24:67 25:27 26:25 31:25 31:33 31:34 33:19 35:21

16:16 18:7 26:7 26:9 26:11 26:12 26:13 26:14 26:36 27:21 28:43 29:4 29:10 29:11 29:30 29:32 29:42 29:44 30:16 30:18 30:20 30:26 30:36 31:7 33:7 33:8 33:9 33:10 33:11 35:11 35:21 36:14 36:18 36:19 36:37 38:8 38:30 39:32 39:33 39:38 39:40 40:2 40:6 40:7 40:12 40:19 40:22 40:24 40:26 40:29 40:30 40:32 40:34 40:35

1:1 1:3 1:5 3:2 3:8 3:13 4:4 4:5 4:7 4:14 4:16 4:18 6:16 6:26 6:30 8:3 8:4 8:31 8:33 8:35 9:5 9:23 10:7 10:9 12:6 14:8 14:11 14:23 15:14 15:29 16:7 16:16 16:17 16:20 16:23 16:33 17:4 17:5 17:6 17:9 19:21 24:3

1:1 2:2 2:17 3:7 3:8 3:25 3:38 4:3 4:4 4:15 4:23 4:25 4:28 4:30 4:31 4:33 4:35 4:37 4:39 4:41 4:43 4:47 6:10 6:13 6:18 7:5 7:89 8:9 8:15 8:19 8:22 8:24 8:26 9:15 9:17 10:3 11:10 11:16 11:24 11:26 12:4 12:5 12:10 14:10 16:18 16:19 16:26 16:27 16:42 16:43 16:50 17:4 17:7 17:8 18:2 18:3 18:4 18:6 18:21 18:22 18:23 18:31 19:4 19:14 19:18 20:6 24:5 25:6 27:2 31:54

1:27 5:30 11:6 16:7 31:14 31:15 33:18

3:14 7:21 7:22 7:23 7:24 18:1 19:51 22:4 22:6 22:7 22:8

4:11 4:17 4:18 4:20 4:21 5:24 6:5 7:8 7:13 8:11 19:9 20:8

2:22 4:10 13:2 17:54

6:17 7:6 16:22 18:17 19:8 20:1 20:22

1:39 2:28 2:29 2:30 7:45 8:4 8:66 12:16

7:7 7:8 7:10 8:21 13:5 14:12

4:41 5:10 6:32 9:19 9:21 9:23 15:1 16:1 17:5 23:32

1:3 1:4 1:6 1:13 5:5 7:10 10:16 14:15 24:6 25:22

5:24 8:22 11:14 12:6 15:34 18:6 18:14 18:15 19:12 20:26 21:28 22:23 29:4 31:31

15:1 19:4 27:5 27:6 52:5 61:4 69:25 78:51 78:55 78:60 78:67 83:6 84:10 91:10 106:25 118:15 120:5 132:3

14:11

16:5 33:20 38:12 40:22 54:2

4:20 6:3 10:20 30:18 35:7 35:10 37:10 49:29

2:4

41:1

11:45

9:6 12:9

3:7

12:7

2:12

Genesis 4:20

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and [raise] livestock.

Genesis 9:21

But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Genesis 9:27

{May} God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant....

Genesis 12:8

From there [Abram] moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel... to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:3

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched...,

Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

Genesis 18:1

Then the LORD appeared to [Abraham] by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

Genesis 18:2

And [Abraham] looked up... and saw... three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.