אֹהֶל ohel

Hebrew word for “tent” · Strong’s H168 · used 345 times in 314 verses

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Meaning

: tent; 1) tent; 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience;

Senses in the lexicon

• tent (331)
• tent: home (14)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ohel in context, with how often each is used:

• tent 270
• tents 61
• tent towards 7
• tent of towards 1
• own tent 1
• like the tents 1
• like the tent 1
• like tent 1
• will be in tents 1
• own tents 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 4 (15), Exodus 40 (13), Numbers 18 (8), Exodus 26 (7), Exodus 29 (7), Numbers 16 (7), Leviticus 4 (6), Leviticus 16 (6), Numbers 8 (6), Genesis 18 (5)

Forms

• אהל 124
• באהל 47
• האהל 41
• אהלו 14
• אהלי 14
• לאהל 12
• לאהליו 12
• האהלה 8
• באהלו 8
• אהליהם 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ohel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 142
• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 61
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 33
• עֲבֹדָה avodah “service” 29
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 43
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 34
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 27
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 26
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 27
• קָרַב qarav “to present” 19
• שָׁם sham “there” 23
• יְרִיעָה yeriah “curtain” 12

Key verses

The verses using ohel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Leviticus 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the…
• Numbers 4:15 — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the…
• Joshua 7:21 — When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them,…
• Joshua 18:1 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was…
• 2 Samuel 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in…
• 1 Kings 12:16 — So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance…
• Psalms 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 27:6 — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will…
• Psalms 52:5 — God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Isaiah 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.