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חָנָה H2583
H2583 is the Hebrew word חָנָה, transliterated chânâh and said khaw-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it pitched.
What it means
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege).
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 127 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Verses using חָנָה
The first 40 of 133 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 26:17 · KJV
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 33:18 · KJV
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Exodus 13:20 · KJV
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 14:2 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9 · KJV
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
Exodus 15:27 · KJV
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 17:1 · KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 18:5 · KJV
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Exodus 19:2 · KJV
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Numbers 1:50 · KJV
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Numbers 1:51 · KJV
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 1:52 · KJV
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Numbers 1:53 · KJV
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Numbers 2:2 · KJV
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers 2:3 · KJV
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
Numbers 2:5 · KJV
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
Numbers 2:12 · KJV
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 2:17 · KJV
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
Numbers 2:27 · KJV
And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers 2:34 · KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 3:23 · KJV
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
Numbers 3:29 · KJV
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Numbers 3:35 · KJV
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers 3:38 · KJV
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 9:18 · KJV
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:20 · KJV
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Numbers 9:22 · KJV
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:23 · KJV
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:5 · KJV
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers 10:6 · KJV
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Numbers 10:31 · KJV
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
Numbers 12:16 · KJV
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 21:10 · KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 21:11 · KJV
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 21:12 · KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Numbers 21:13 · KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 22:1 · KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 31:19 · KJV
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
Numbers 33:5 · KJV
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers 33:6 · KJV
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2583 mean?
H2583 is the Hebrew word חָנָה (chânâh), meaning properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege).
How is H2583 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it pitched (66 times), encamped (32 times), encamp (8 times), pitch (8 times), camp (3 times), among others.
How many times does H2583 appear in the Bible?
חָנָה (chânâh) is tagged in 133 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2583 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן)).
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