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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)
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Where it appears
345 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 4:41 · HNcmpc/Sp3mp
These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there; and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles 5:10 · HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 6:32 · HNcmsc
They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting until Solomon had built Yahweh’s house in Jerusalem. They performed the duties of their office according to their order.
1 Chronicles 9:19 · HRd/Ncmsa
Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles 9:21 · HR/Ncmsc
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
1 Chronicles 9:23 · HTd/Ncmsa
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
1 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
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