חֲנִית chanit

Hebrew word for “spear” · Strong’s H2595 · used 47 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) spear; 1a) spear; 1a1) shaft of a spear; 1a2) spear-head

How it is translated

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

• spear 41
• spears 4
• own spear 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 26 (6), 1 Samuel 17 (3), 2 Samuel 23 (3), 1 Chronicles 11 (3), 1 Samuel 13 (2), 1 Samuel 18 (2), 1 Samuel 19 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (1), 1 Samuel 21 (1), 1 Samuel 22 (1)

Forms

• חנית 13
• החנית 10
• חניתו 8
• וחניתו 3
• וחנית 2
• ובחנית 2
• בחנית 2
• בחניתו 2
• והחנית 1
• החניתים 1

Words used with it

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

• דָּוִד david “David” 15
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 10
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 10
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 9
• מָנוֹר manor “loom-beam” 4
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 7
• אָרַג arag “to weave” 4
• אֲבִישַׁי avishay “Abishai” 4
• צַפַּחַת tsappachat “jar” 3
• מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת meraashah “head” 3
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 6
• חָלָל chalal “slain” 4

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 13:19 — Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
• 1 Samuel 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts,…
• 1 Samuel 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
• 1 Samuel 18:10 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand,…
• 1 Samuel 18:11 — And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
• 1 Samuel 19:10 — And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David…
• 1 Samuel 26:8 — Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the…
• Psalms 46:9 — He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
• Psalms 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Isaiah 2:4 — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…
• Micah 4:3 — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…
• Habakkuk 3:11 — The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

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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.