חָנָהchânâh

Meanings

Same root

• חָנַןchânan · H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
• חָנוּתchânûwth · H2588properly, a vault or cell (with an arch); by implication, a prison
• חֲנִיתchănîyth · H2595a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
• מַחֲנֶהmachăneh · H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
• תַּחַןTachan · H8465Tachan, the name of two Israelites
• תַּחֲנָהtachănâh · H8466(only plural collectively) an encampment

Where it appears

Appears 143 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 26:17 So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
• Genesis 33:18 Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.
• Exodus 13:20 The Israelites left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
• Exodus 14:2 “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon.
• Exodus 14:9 The Egyptians chased after them with all the forces in Pharaoh’s army—all his horses and chariots, his charioteers, and his troops. The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi-hahiroth, across from Baal-zephon.
• Exodus 15:27 After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.