Strong's Definition
from 2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV Usage: javelin, spear
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲנִית (cha.nit) — spear. 1) spear 1a) spear 1a1) shaft of a spear 1a2) spear-head
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חנה
Weapons | ≈ אַשְׁפָּה · בַּרְזֶל · חֵץ · חֶרֶב · כִּידֹון · לֶהָבָה · מָגֵן · מַסָּע · סְגֹר · עֲגָלָה · קֶשֶׁת · רֹמַח · שֵׁבֶט · שֶׁלֶט · שִׁרְיָה
spear = a long, straight rod, usually made of wood, with a sharp iron head or point; used for piercing by thrusting; its length varied from the height of a man to much longer There is strong semantic overlap with synonym רַֹמח.
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1 2SA 23:8 RSV NIV [NJPS] NJB NRSV REB GNT ESV "spear" | MT-K העצנו | MT-Q HOTTP-C הָעֶצְנִי NJPS "Eznite" = עֶצְנִי
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֲנִית n.f. spear (as flexible?) spear, as hurled
shaft of spear
spear-head
butt of spear
metaph. of teeth of lions
base