חֲנִיתchănîyth

spear

Pronunciation: khan-eeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2595

Meanings

1. spear (1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:9)

2.

a. shaft of spear (2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 17:7)

b. spear-head (1 Samuel 17:7; Job 39:23; Nahum 3:3)

c. butt of spear (2 Samuel 2:23)

3. metaphor of teeth of lions (Psalms 57:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 47 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 13:19 There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn’t allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the Hebrews.
  • 1 Samuel 13:22 So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.
  • 1 Samuel 17:7 The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
  • 1 Samuel 17:45 David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
  • 1 Samuel 17:47 And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”
  • 1 Samuel 18:10 The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).