אֹהֶל

ʼôhel · Hebrew · Strong's H168 · 345 occurrences

The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “covering”

What it means

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

from H166 (אָהַל);

How the KJV renders it

covering, home, tabernacle, tent

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“covering”

also renders peribólaion (G4018), kâçûwy (H3681), kᵉçûwth (H3682), mikçeh (H4372), mâçâk (H4539), mᵉçukkâh (H4540), maççêkâh (H4541), merkâb (H4817), ʻâṭâh (H5844), tsâmîyd (H6781)

“tabernacle”

also renders skēnos (G4636), skēnḗ (G4633), skḗnōma (G4638), çôk (H5520), çikkûwth (H5522), sôk (H7900)

“home”

also renders oîkos (G3624), oikía (G3614), ídios (G2398), bayith (H1004)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

345 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 4:41 HNcmpc/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 5:10 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 6:32 HNcmsc1 Chronicles 9:19 HRd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 9:21 HR/Ncmsc1 Chronicles 9:23 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 15:1 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 16:1 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 17:5 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 23:32 HNcmsc1 Kings 1:39 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 2:28 HNcmsc1 Kings 2:29 HNcmsc1 Kings 2:30 HNcmsc1 Kings 8:4 HNcmsc1 Kings 8:66 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp1 Kings 12:16 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 2:22 HNcmsc1 Samuel 4:10 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 13:2 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 17:54 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 1:3 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 1:4 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 1:6 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 1:13 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 5:5 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 7:10 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 10:16 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 14:15 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 24:6 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 25:22 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Kings 7:7 HNcmpc/Sp3mp2 Kings 7:8 HNcmsa2 Kings 7:10 HC/Ncmpa2 Kings 8:21 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Kings 13:5 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp2 Kings 14:12 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 6:17 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 7:6 HR/Ncmsa2 Samuel 16:22 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 18:17 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 19:8 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 20:1 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 20:22 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3msDaniel 11:45 HNcmpcDeuteronomy 1:27 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 5:30 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 11:6 HNcmpc/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 16:7 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 31:14 HR/NcmscDeuteronomy 31:15 HRd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 33:18 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msExodus 16:16 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msExodus 18:7 HTd/Ncmsa/SdExodus 26:7 HR/NcmsaExodus 26:9 HTd/NcmsaExodus 26:11 HTd/NcmsaExodus 26:12 HTd/NcmsaExodus 26:13 HTd/NcmsaExodus 26:14 HRd/Ncmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.