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Strong's H2583 חָנָה (chanah)

Chanah means “camp” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2583 — kanon (“rule”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2583
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 135
Books 20

Strong's H2583 Quick Answer

Strong's H2583 חָנָה (chanah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chanah (khaw-naw') v. 1. (properly) to incline 2. (by implication) to decline (of the slanting rays of evening) It has 135 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include pitched, encamped, pitch, encamp, and even. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chanah (khaw-naw') v. 1. (properly) to incline 2. (by implication) to decline (of the slanting rays of evening)
Usage
135 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
pitched, encamped, pitch, encamp, and even

Meaning and Definition

chanah (khaw-naw') v. 1. (properly) to incline 2. (by implication) to decline (of the slanting rays of evening) 3. (specifically) to pitch a tent 4. (generally) to encamp (for abode or siege) [a primitive root] KJV: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent. Compare: H2603

Original Word
חָנָה
Transliteration
chanah
Derivation
Root: חנה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2583. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2583 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chanah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

pitched Exodus 17:1 61× encamped Exodus 13:20 28× pitch Numbers 1:52 10× encamp Exodus 14:2 even Numbers 3:38 tents Numbers 9:20 encamping Exodus 14:9 evening Judges 19:9

How Strong's H2583 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 135 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2583 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2583 in the Old Testament

135 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 26:17 KJV

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Genesis 33:18 KJV

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Exodus 13:20 KJV

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2583.

Genesis 26:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Exodus 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
Exodus 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Exodus 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Numbers 1:50 Old Testament, KJV
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Numbers 1:51 Old Testament, KJV
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 1:52 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Numbers 1:53 Old Testament, KJV
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Numbers 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
Numbers 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
Numbers 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
Numbers 2:27 Old Testament, KJV
And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 3:23 Old Testament, KJV
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
Numbers 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Numbers 3:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers 3:38 Old Testament, KJV
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Numbers 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Numbers 10:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
Numbers 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Numbers 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
Numbers 33:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers 33:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
Numbers 33:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days'journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Numbers 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Numbers 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Numbers 33:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
Numbers 33:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
Numbers 33:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
Numbers 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
Numbers 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
Numbers 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
Numbers 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
Numbers 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
Numbers 33:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
Numbers 33:22 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
Numbers 33:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
Numbers 33:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Numbers 33:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
Numbers 33:26 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
Numbers 33:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
Numbers 33:28 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
Numbers 33:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
Numbers 33:30 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
Numbers 33:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
Numbers 33:32 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
Numbers 33:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
Numbers 33:34 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
Numbers 33:35 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
Numbers 33:36 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Numbers 33:37 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
Numbers 33:41 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Numbers 33:42 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Numbers 33:43 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 33:44 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
Numbers 33:45 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
Numbers 33:46 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
Numbers 33:47 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
Numbers 33:48 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 33:49 Old Testament, KJV
And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
Deuteronomy 1:33 Old Testament, KJV
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Joshua 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
Joshua 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
Joshua 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Joshua 10:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua 10:34 Old Testament, KJV
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Judges 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Judges 6:33 Old Testament, KJV
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Judges 9:50 Old Testament, KJV
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Judges 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
Judges 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Judges 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Judges 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Judges 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
Judges 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Judges 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
1 Samuel 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
1 Samuel 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
1 Samuel 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
1 Samuel 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
1 Samuel 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 26:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
1 Samuel 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
1 Samuel 29:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
2 Samuel 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel 12:28 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
2 Samuel 17:26 Old Testament, KJV
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
1 Kings 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
1 Kings 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
1 Kings 20:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
1 Kings 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
2 Kings 25:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2583, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 72 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 11 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2583 FAQ

What does chanah (חָנָה) mean?

Chanah (Strong's H2583) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "camp". chanah (khaw-naw') v. 1. (properly) to incline 2. (by implication) to decline (of the slanting rays of evening)

How many times is chanah (חָנָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 135 linked usages for Strong's H2583 across 20 books.

Where can I study chanah (חָנָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2583 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chanah (חָנָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pitched, encamped, pitch, encamp, even, and tents. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.