2595. chanith

Strong's Lexicon

chanith: Spear, javelin

Original Word: חֲנִית
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chanith
Pronunciation: khaw-neeth'
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-eeth')
Definition: Spear, javelin
Meaning: a lance

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chanah
Definition
a spear
NASB Translation
spear (40), spears (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as flexible? see Thes); — absolute חֲנִית 2 Samuel 13:19 26t.; construct id. 1 Samuel 26:16 (so 1 Samuel 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:11; חֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 t. + 2 Samuel 23:8, see below; plural חֲנִיתִים2Chronicles 23:9; חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isaiah 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3; —

1 spear, as hurled 1 Samuel 18:10,11; 1 Samuel 19:9,10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:33; held by king 1 Samuel 22:6; sign of king's presence 1 Samuel 26:7,8,11,12,16,22 (see RS^{K 171}); also 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:18,21 (3 t. in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:11 = 2 Samuel 23:8, where read הוּא עוֺרֵר אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֺ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Chronicles 11:20,23 (3 t. in verse); plural 2Chronicles 23:9; often "" חֶרֶב 1 Samuel 13:19,22; 1 Samuel 17:45,47; 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Nahum 3:3; "" שְׁלָטִים 2 Kings 11:10; "" צִנָּה 1 Chronicles 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18; סְגֹד Psalm 35:3; "" קֶשֶׁת Psalm 46:10.

2. a. shaft of spear is ׳עֵץ ח 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5 + 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).

b. spear-head ׳לַהֶבֶת ח 1 Samuel 17:7, compare ׳לַהַב ח Job 39:23; ׳בְּרַק ח Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11.

c. butt of spear ׳אַחֲרֵי ח 2 Samuel 2:23.

3 metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 2Sam 57:5 ("" חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

javelin, spear

From chanah; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) -- javelin, spear.

see HEBREW chanah

Forms and Transliterations

בַּֽחֲנִית֙ בַּחֲנִ֤ית בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃ בחנית בחניתו׃ הַֽחֲנִית֙ הַֽחֲנִיתִים֙ הַחֲנִ֔ית הַחֲנִ֖ית הַחֲנִ֛ית הַחֲנִ֜ית הַחֲנִית֙ החנית החניתים וְהַחֲנִ֖ית וַחֲנִ֔ית וַחֲנִית֖וֹ וַחֲנִית֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ וַחֲנִית֥וֹ וַחֲנִיתֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ וּבַחֲנִ֖ית וּבַחֲנִ֣ית ובחנית והחנית וחנית וחניתו וחניתותיהם וחניתתיהם חֲנִ֑ית חֲנִ֔ית חֲנִ֖ית חֲנִ֣ית חֲנִ֥ית חֲנִֽית׃ חֲנִית֑וֹ חֲנִית֔וֹ חֲנִית֗וֹ חֲנִית֙ חֲנִית֛וֹ חֲנִיתֶֽךָ׃ חנית חנית׃ חניתו חניתך׃ ba·ḥă·nî·ṯōw ba·ḥă·nîṯ bachaNit bachaniTo baḥănîṯ baḥănîṯōw chaNit chaniTecha chaniTo ha·ḥă·nî·ṯîm ha·ḥă·nîṯ ḥă·nî·ṯe·ḵā ḥă·nî·ṯōw ḥă·nîṯ hachaNit hachaniTim haḥănîṯ haḥănîṯîm ḥănîṯ ḥănîṯeḵā ḥănîṯōw ū·ḇa·ḥă·nîṯ ūḇaḥănîṯ uvachaNit vachaNit vachaniTo vachanitoteiHem vehachaNit wa·ḥă·nî·ṯō·ṯê·hem wa·ḥă·nî·ṯō·w·ṯê·hem wa·ḥă·nî·ṯōw wa·ḥă·nîṯ waḥănîṯ waḥănîṯōṯêhem waḥănîṯōw waḥănîṯōwṯêhem wə·ha·ḥă·nîṯ wəhaḥănîṯ

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 13:19
HEB: חֶ֖רֶב א֥וֹ חֲנִֽית׃
NAS: swords or spears.
KJV: make [them] swords or spears:
INT: swords or spears

1 Samuel 13:22
HEB: נִמְצָ֜א חֶ֤רֶב וַחֲנִית֙ בְּיַ֣ד כָּל־
NAS: sword nor spear was found in the hands
KJV: that there was neither sword nor spear found
INT: was found sword spear the hands of any

1 Samuel 17:7
HEB: (וְעֵ֣ץ ק) חֲנִית֗וֹ כִּמְנוֹר֙ אֹֽרְגִ֔ים
NAS: The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's
KJV: And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's
INT: archer of his spear beam A weaver's

1 Samuel 17:7
HEB: אֹֽרְגִ֔ים וְלַהֶ֣בֶת חֲנִית֔וֹ שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת
NAS: and the head of his spear [weighed] six
KJV: beam; and his spear's head
INT: A weaver's and the head of his spear six hundred

1 Samuel 17:45
HEB: אֵלַ֔י בְּחֶ֖רֶב וּבַחֲנִ֣ית וּבְכִיד֑וֹן וְאָנֹכִ֣י
NAS: to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin,
KJV: to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield:
INT: to me A sword A spear javelin I

1 Samuel 17:47
HEB: לֹ֛א בְּחֶ֥רֶב וּבַחֲנִ֖ית יְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: by sword or by spear; for the battle
KJV: not with sword and spear: for the battle
INT: by sword spear deliver the LORD

1 Samuel 18:10
HEB: כְּי֣וֹם ׀ בְּי֑וֹם וְהַחֲנִ֖ית בְּיַד־ שָׁאֽוּל׃
NAS: as usual; and a spear [was] in Saul's
KJV: as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Saul's
INT: usual usual spear hand Saul's

1 Samuel 18:11
HEB: שָׁאוּל֙ אֶֽת־ הַחֲנִ֔ית וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַכֶּ֥ה
NAS: hurled the spear for he thought,
KJV: cast the javelin; for he said,
INT: hurled Saul the spear thought will pin

1 Samuel 19:9
HEB: בְּבֵית֣וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֔ב וַחֲנִית֖וֹ בְּיָד֑וֹ וְדָוִ֖ד
NAS: in his house with his spear in his hand,
KJV: in his house with his javelin in his hand:
INT: his house was sitting his spear his hand and David

1 Samuel 19:10
HEB: שָׁא֜וּל לְהַכּ֤וֹת בַּֽחֲנִית֙ בְּדָוִ֣ד וּבַקִּ֔יר
NAS: to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away
KJV: even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away
INT: Saul to pin the spear David to the wall

1 Samuel 19:10
HEB: וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶֽת־ הַחֲנִ֖ית בַּקִּ֑יר וְדָוִ֛ד
NAS: so that he stuck the spear into the wall.
KJV: and he smote the javelin into the wall:
INT: of Saul's stuck the spear the wall and David

1 Samuel 20:33
HEB: שָׁא֧וּל אֶֽת־ הַחֲנִ֛ית עָלָ֖יו לְהַכֹּת֑וֹ
NAS: hurled his spear at him to strike him down;
KJV: cast a javelin at him to smite
INT: hurled Saul his spear and to strike

1 Samuel 21:9
HEB: תַֽחַת־ יָדְךָ֖ חֲנִ֣ית אוֹ־ חָ֑רֶב
INT: Thahash able javelin and the sword

1 Samuel 22:6
HEB: הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־
NAS: on the height with his spear in his hand,
KJV: in Ramah, having his spear in his hand,
INT: the tamarisk the height his spear his hand and all

1 Samuel 26:7
HEB: יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ מְעוּכָֽה־ בָאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: inside the circle of the camp with his spear stuck
KJV: within the trench, and his spear stuck
INT: sleeping the circle his spear stuck the ground

1 Samuel 26:8
HEB: אַכֶּ֨נּוּ נָ֜א בַּחֲנִ֤ית וּבָאָ֙רֶץ֙ פַּ֣עַם
NAS: let me strike him with the spear to the ground
KJV: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth
INT: strike please the spear to the ground stroke

1 Samuel 26:11
HEB: נָ֨א אֶֽת־ הַחֲנִ֜ית אֲשֶׁ֧ר [מְרַאֲשֹׁתֹו
NAS: take the spear that is at his head
KJV: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster,
INT: take please the spear after bolster

1 Samuel 26:12
HEB: דָּוִ֨ד אֶֽת־ הַחֲנִ֜ית וְאֶת־ צַפַּ֤חַת
NAS: took the spear and the jug
KJV: took the spear and the cruse
INT: took David the spear and the jug of water

1 Samuel 26:16
HEB: רְאֵ֗ה אֵֽי־ חֲנִ֥ית הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְאֶת־
NAS: the king's spear is and the jug
KJV: where the king's spear [is], and the cruse
INT: see where spear the king's is and the jug

1 Samuel 26:22
HEB: [הַחֲנִית כ] (חֲנִ֣ית ק) הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
NAS: Behold the spear of the king!
KJV: Behold the king's spear! and let one
INT: and said Behold javelin of the king come

2 Samuel 1:6
HEB: נִשְׁעָ֣ן עַל־ חֲנִית֑וֹ וְהִנֵּ֥ה הָרֶ֛כֶב
NAS: was leaning on his spear. And behold,
KJV: leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots
INT: was leaning on his spear and behold the chariots

2 Samuel 2:23
HEB: אַבְנֵר֩ בְּאַחֲרֵ֨י הַחֲנִ֜ית אֶל־ הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ
NAS: end of the spear, so that the spear
KJV: with the hinder end of the spear smote
INT: Abner the butt of the spear under the belly

2 Samuel 2:23
HEB: הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ וַתֵּצֵ֤א הַֽחֲנִית֙ מֵאַחֲרָ֔יו וַיִּפָּל־
NAS: of the spear, so that the spear came
KJV: the fifth [rib], that the spear came out
INT: the belly came the spear end fell

2 Samuel 21:19
HEB: הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃
NAS: the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's
KJV: the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's
INT: the Gittite the shaft spear beam A weaver's

2 Samuel 23:7
HEB: בַרְזֶ֖ל וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִ֑ית וּבָאֵ֕שׁ שָׂר֥וֹף
NAS: and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely
KJV: and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly
INT: iron and the shaft of a spear fire will be completely

47 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2595
47 Occurrences

ba·ḥă·nîṯ — 2 Occ.
ba·ḥă·nî·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
ḥă·nîṯ — 13 Occ.
ḥă·nî·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ḥă·nî·ṯōw — 8 Occ.
ha·ḥă·nîṯ — 10 Occ.
ha·ḥă·nî·ṯîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇa·ḥă·nîṯ — 2 Occ.
wa·ḥă·nîṯ — 2 Occ.
wa·ḥă·nî·ṯōw — 3 Occ.
wa·ḥă·nî·ṯō·w·ṯê·hem — 2 Occ.
wə·ha·ḥă·nîṯ — 1 Occ.