אֹהֶלʼôhel

tent

Pronunciation: o'-hel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H168

Meanings

1. tent (Song of Solomon 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29)

2. dwelling, habitation (Psalms 91:10; Judges 19:9; Psalms 132:3)

3. the sacred tent used in worship of God (Exodus 33:7-11; Numbers 12:5; Numbers 12:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 345 times in the Bible.

Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
Genesis 9:21 One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
Genesis 9:27 May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Genesis 12:8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
Genesis 13:3 From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Genesis 13:5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.

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Genesis 4:20, 9:21, 9:27, 12:8, 13:3, 13:5, 18:1, 18:2, 18:6, 18:9, 18:10, 24:67, 25:27, 26:25, 31:25, 31:33, 31:34, 33:19, 35:21
Exodus 16:16, 18:7, 26:7, 26:9, 26:11, 26:12, 26:13, 26:14, 26:36, 27:21, 28:43, 29:4, 29:10, 29:11, 29:30, 29:32, 29:42, 29:44, 30:16, 30:18, 30:20, 30:26, 30:36, 31:7, 33:7, 33:8, 33:9, 33:10, 33:11, 35:11, 35:21, 36:14, 36:18, 36:19, 36:37, 38:8, 38:30, 39:32, 39:33, 39:38, 39:40, 40:2, 40:6, 40:7, 40:12, 40:19, 40:22, 40:24, 40:26, 40:29, 40:30, 40:32, 40:34, 40:35
Leviticus 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, 3:2, 3:8, 3:13, 4:4, 4:5, 4:7, 4:14, 4:16, 4:18, 6:16, 6:26, 6:30, 8:3, 8:4, 8:31, 8:33, 8:35, 9:5, 9:23, 10:7, 10:9, 12:6, 14:8, 14:11, 14:23, 15:14, 15:29, 16:7, 16:16, 16:17, 16:20, 16:23, 16:33, 17:4, 17:5, 17:6, 17:9, 19:21, 24:3
Numbers 1:1, 2:2, 2:17, 3:7, 3:8, 3:25, 3:38, 4:3, 4:4, 4:15, 4:23, 4:25, 4:28, 4:30, 4:31, 4:33, 4:35, 4:37, 4:39, 4:41, 4:43, 4:47, 6:10, 6:13, 6:18, 7:5, 7:89, 8:9, 8:15, 8:19, 8:22, 8:24, 8:26, 9:15, 9:17, 10:3, 11:10, 11:16, 11:24, 11:26, 12:4, 12:5, 12:10, 14:10, 16:18, 16:19, 16:26, 16:27, 16:42, 16:43, 16:50, 17:4, 17:7, 17:8, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:6, 18:21, 18:22, 18:23, 18:31, 19:4, 19:14, 19:18, 20:6, 24:5, 25:6, 27:2, 31:54
Deuteronomy 1:27, 5:30, 11:6, 16:7, 31:14, 31:15, 33:18
Joshua 3:14, 7:21, 7:22, 7:23, 7:24, 18:1, 19:51, 22:4, 22:6, 22:7, 22:8
Judges 4:11, 4:17, 4:18, 4:20, 4:21, 5:24, 6:5, 7:8, 7:13, 8:11, 19:9, 20:8
1 Samuel 2:22, 4:10, 13:2, 17:54
2 Samuel 6:17, 7:6, 16:22, 18:17, 19:8, 20:1, 20:22
1 Kings 1:39, 2:28, 2:29, 2:30, 8:4, 8:66, 12:16
2 Kings 7:7, 7:8, 7:10, 8:21, 13:5, 14:12
1 Chronicles 4:41, 5:10, 6:32, 9:19, 9:21, 9:23, 15:1, 16:1, 17:5, 23:32
2 Chronicles 1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:13, 5:5, 7:10, 10:16, 14:15, 24:6, 25:22
Job 5:24, 8:22, 11:14, 12:6, 15:34, 18:6, 18:14, 18:15, 19:12, 20:26, 21:28, 22:23, 29:4, 31:31
Psalms 15:1, 19:4, 27:5, 27:6, 52:5, 61:4, 69:25, 78:51, 78:55, 78:60, 78:67, 83:6, 84:10, 91:10, 106:25, 118:15, 120:5, 132:3
Proverbs 14:11
Song of Solomon 1:5
Isaiah 16:5, 33:20, 38:12, 40:22, 54:2
Jeremiah 4:20, 6:3, 10:20, 30:18, 35:7, 35:10, 37:10, 49:29
Lamentations 2:4
Ezekiel 41:1
Daniel 11:45
Hosea 9:6, 12:9
Habakkuk 3:7
Zechariah 12:7
Malachi 2:12

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